Basic Site Details Name: | Yester House | Town, district or village: | Gifford | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Original house of 1699-1728 by James Smith and Alexander MacGill, altered in 1729 by William Adam Senior and then, in 1789, by Robert Adam. | 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 | | c. 1700 | c. 1715 | Build/construction | | | 1730 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations including new roof and addition of pilasters and attic to centre of north front. | | 1753 | | Build/construction | Gates at end of village avenue | | c. 1758 | c. 1761 | Alterations and additions | Interior of great saloon | | 1789 | 1790 | Alterations and additions | Remodelling of centre of north front | | 1830 | | Alterations and additions | Interior rearranged. Entrance moved to west end. | | 1877 | 1878 | | Repairs and alterations, laundry and dairy. | | 1895 | | | Alterations to house and garden | | 1979 | 1980 | Repair | Repairs and restoration. Restoration of chapel 1991-1996 |
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 | | James Smith | | G | c. 1700 | c. 1715 | With Alexander McGill | | Alexander McGill | | H | c. 1700 | c. 1715 | With James Smith | | William Adam | | D | 1730 | | Alterations including new roof and addition of pilasters and attic to centre of north front. | | John Adam | | J | 1753 | | Gates at end of village avenue. | | John Adam | | E | c. 1758 | c. 1761 | Interior of great saloon. In collaboration with Robert Adam. | | Robert Adam | | E | c. 1758 | c. 1761 | Interior of great saloon - in collaboration with John Adam. 'Buildings of Scotland' notes that in 1789 Robert Adam adjusted windows at the north end. | | James Adam | | B | 1789 | 1790 | Remodelling of centre of north front | | R & J Adam | | B | 1789 | 1790 | Remodelling of centre of north front | | Robert Adam | | B | 1789 | 1790 | Remodelling of centre of north front | | Robert Brown | | F | 1830 | | Rearrangement of interior. Entrance moved to west end. | | Alexander Shearer | | | 1849 | | Alterations? | | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | | | 1877 | 1878 | Repairs and alterations, laundry and dairy. | | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | | A | 1895 | | Alterations to house and garden | | George Wilson | | A | 1895 | | Alterations to house and garden | | John Murray | | A | 1895 | | Alterations to house and garden | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | A | 1895 | | Alterations to house and garden | | James Walter Thorburn Simpson | | C | 1977 | 1980 | Repairs and restoration. Restoration of chapel 1991-1996 | | Simpson & Brown | | C | 1977 | 1980 | Repairs and restoration. Restoration of chapel 1991-1996 | | Mandy Ketchin | | C | 1979 | 1981 | Repairs and restoration. Restoration of chapel 1991-1996 |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Menotti, Giancarlo | Client for 1979-81 work | | Tweeddale, 10th Marquess of | Client for completion of repairs/alterations, 1878, and for 1895 work | | Tweeddale, 2nd Marquess | Client for McGill & Smith work | | Tweeddale, 4th Marquis of | Cleint for William Adam 1730s work and for John Adam work | | Tweeddale, 7th Marquis of | Client for Robert Adam work | | Tweeddale, 8th Marquess of | Client for 1830 work | | Tweeddale, 9th Marquess of | Client for 1877-8 repairs and alterations (died 1878) |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Yester House, keeper's lodge | | | Yester House, St Bothan's Chapel | YESTER HOUSE, ST BOTHAN'S CHAPEL, FORMERLY ST CUTHBERT'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH (Ref:14695)
This building is in the East Lothian Council and the Yester Parish. It is a category A building and was listed on 05/02/1971.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plates 27, 30 | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p106 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Dunbar, J G | 1972 | The Building of Yester House 1670-1878 | xiii | Transactions of the E Lothian Antiquarian Society | | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp55, 57, 211-5 | | Simpson & Brown | 2012 | Simpson & Brown Architects:Thirty-five years in practice 1977-2012 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 23 July 1932 | | | | | Country Life | 30 July 1932 | | | | | Country Life | 9 August 1973 | | | | | Country Life | 16 August 1973 | | | | | Country Life | 23 August 1973 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | | RHP 9715/20 - work by Alexander Shearer | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1890/15/1 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Murray: L v10 no587 (microfilm reel 32) |
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