Basic Site Details Name: | Arniston House | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Borthwick | Status: | A Listed | 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 |  | 1726 | 1732 | Build/construction | |  | 1726 | | Build/construction | William Adam largely carried out plans made for grounds |  | 1754 | 1758 | Addition | Dining room and drawing room on west side. ('Buildings of Scotland' gives 1753) |  | 1866 | 1868 | | New library |  | 1872 | | | Porch and other alterations |  | Late 1800s | | | North pediment rebuilt |
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 Adam | Architect | F | 1726 | 1732 | |  | John Adam | Architect | D | 1754 | 1758 | Dining room and drawings rooms on west side (Building of scotland gives date as 1753) |  | Brown & Wardrop | Architectural practice | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden |  | James Maitland Wardrop | Architect | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden |  | Thomas Brown II | Architect | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden |  | Brown & Wardrop | Architectural practice | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations |  | James Maitland Wardrop | Architect | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations |  | Thomas Brown II | Architect | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations |  | Charles Reid | Architect | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys |  | James Maitland Wardrop | Architect | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys |  | Wardrop & Reid | Architectural practice | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | | Late 1800s | | North pediment rebuilt |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Dundas, Robert, later Lord Arniston | Client for William Adam work nand John Adam work |
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 |  | Arniston House, Sundial | ANCIENT SUNDIALS OF SCOTLAND -Proceedings of the Society, Thomas Ross (January 13, 1890) pp102-104.
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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 39-44 |  | Cosh, Mary | 1984 | The Adam Family and Arniston | | Architectural History, 27 | |  | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp 79-80, 82 |  | Tait, A A | 1969 | William Adam and Sir John Clerk: Arniston and the Country Seat | | Burlington Magazine, March 1969 | |  | Thomas, Jane | 1995 | Midlothian: an illustrated architectural guide | | Edinburgh, The Rutland Press | pp97-99 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architectural Heritage | 2004 | XV | | Article by Pat Wigston 'The ...John Adam Dining Room at Arniston House'. |  | Country Life | 15 August 1925 | | | |  | Country Life | 22 August 1925 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 808 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Drawings and photos |
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