Basic Site Details Name: | Sorn Castle | Town, district or village: | Mauchline | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Turbine House C listed, Cleuch Cottage and main entrance lodge are B listed | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Lone Castle | | As listed in Builder obituary |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Castle | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1806 | | Build/construction | Coachhouse. Office court (Colvin) | | 17 January 1862 | | | Drawings for proposed alterations by William A Railton (unexecuted) | | 1864 | | | Enlarged by Bryce | | 1903 | | | Alterations, perhaps turbine house? | | 1910 | | | Turbine house? | | 1917 | | | East gatehouse, Cleuch Cottage | | Before 2012 | | Alteration/conversion | Coachhouse converted to domestic use |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | MacIntyre, T W | Alterations by Clifford; estate work by Ingram & Brown | | Somervell, Graham of Sorn Somervell, Graham (or J?) of Sorn | Railton's tentative alteration plans, and Bryce's executed enlargement | | Somervell, William | Client for David Hamilton work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Clifford, William Henry Morton | 1986 | Recollections about my father | | Typescript, per Iain D Paterson, in DMW archive | p7 | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p618-621 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p15102 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | pp374-5 | | Hannan, Thomas | 1928 | Famous Scottish Houses | | | p161 | | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | Plans | | Millar, A H | 1885 | Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | | | | NMRS | | NMRS Jubilee: A Guide to the Collections | | | Railton scheme and Bryce additions p 67 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce, listed as 'Lone Castle addition for Mr J Somerville' |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19666 | Cleuch Cottage | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 44574 | Turbine House | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 14256 | Entrance lodge | | Mitchell Library Glasgow | Office Plans and drawings of Watson, Salmond & Gray | 31 | | | NAS | SC Archives (Sc) | SC6/72/2 | Information from Kitty Cruft | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Morton Brown: L v13 no883 | | Sorn Castle | Plans in Sorn Castle | | Copies in NMRS (Railton unexecuted scheme and Bryce drawings) |
|