Basic Site Details Name: | Kelly House | Town, district or village: | Wemyss Bay | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1890 | 1891 | | Rebuilt and extended | | 1899 | | Design exhibited | | | 5 December 1913 | | Destruction/demolition | Burnt on this date. Ruins cleared 1940. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | William Leiper | | | 1890 | 1891 | Rebuilt and extended | | John Balfour Symington Abercrombie (or Balfour Abercrombie) | | | After 1906 | Before 1910 | Alterations to Leiper house |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Clark-Neill, J | for alterations and additions by Balfour Abercrombie | | Stephen, Alexander | Shipbuilder-- Rebuilding and extension of 1890-1891 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1899, no 1745 | | Sweeney, Dan | 2015 | Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire | | Windan Press | ppp138-139 | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p144 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 24 February 1900 | LXXVIII | | Staircase illustration | | Builders Journal | 12 January 1898 | | | p488 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Balfour Abercrombie: L v1 no 68 (microfilm reel 29) | | Watt Library, Greenock | Watt Library Photographs | | |
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