Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Balmoral Castle | Town, district or village: | Balmoral | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The present Balmoral, built 1853, superseded an earlier Balmoral, to which John Smith had made extensive additions in 1834-39. It stood on a different site close by and remained in use until the present castle was completed.
Alexander Clark was clerk of works in the mid-1850s with John Beaton in charge of the masonry.
Decoration of ballroom by Thomas Grieve 1857-8. | 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 |  | 1852 | 1856 | Build/construction | Balmoral Castle built. Plnas for layout of grounds |  | December 1852 | | Plans drawn up | Drawings then reviewed by Thomas Cubitt |  | 1902 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations and additions including infill of arches on south front (or possibly by Mackenzie) and raising of service sourt wallson south side. Also other work on estate. |  | 1911 | 1912 | | Decoration and minor alterations for George V |  | 1922 | | | Gates |
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 Forbes Beattie | Architect | L | 1850s | | Plans for layout of grounds drawn up |  | James Giles | Artist | M | 1850s | | Plans for layout of grounds with James Forbes Beattie |  | J & W Smith | Architectural practice | E | 1852 | 1856 | |  | William Smith II | Architect | E | 1852 | 1856 | Original castle with Prince Albert |  | Thomas Cubitt | Architect | K | December 1852 | | Reviewed drawings of Smith on the request of Prince Albert |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | A | 1902 | | Alterations and additions including infill of arches on south front (or possibly by Mackenzie). Raising of service court south side. Also other work on estate: continued by Anderson alone after dissolution of the Anderson, Simon & Crawford partnership |  | Alexander Hunter Crawford | Architect | A | 1902 | | Alterations and additions including infill of arches on south front (or possibly by Mackenzie). Raising service court on south side. Also other work on estate. |  | Anderson Simon & Crawford | Architectural practice | A | 1902 | | Alterations and additions including infill of arches on south front (or possibly by Mackenzie). Raising service court on south side. Also other work on estate. |  | Frank Lewis Worthington Simon | Architect | A | 1902 | | Alterations and additions including infill of arches on south front (or possibly by Mackenzie). Raising service court on south side. Also other work on estate. |  | A Marshall Mackenzie & Son | Architectural practice | B | 1911 | 1912 | Decoration and minor alterations |  | Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie | Architect | B | 1911 | 1912 | Decoration and minor alterations |  | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | Architect | B | 1911 | 1912 | Decoration and minor alterations |  | (Colonel) Herbert Morgan Smail | Architect | C | 1922 | | Gates |  | Godfrey Daniel Bower Shepherd | Architect | CD | 1922 | | Gates, also garden work (no date) |  | John Donald Mills | Architect | CD | 1922 | | Gates, also garden work (no date) |  | Mills & Shepherd | Architectural practice | CD | 1922 | | Gates, also garden work (no date) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | King George V | 1911-1912 work |  | Prince Albert | Original castle of 1853 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp351 353, 355, 358-9 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Civil Engineer and Architects' Journal | XVIII | 1855/11 | | page 402. |  | RIBA Journal | 30 July 1921 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51460 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | 1922 gates |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | AGR Mackenzie: F v21 no 1496 |  | Windsor Castle | The Royal Archives | | PP/Blamoral/117, 151, 159, 213-215, 246, 721; RA Vic/y 101/40 |
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