Basic Site Details Name: | Craigiehall | Town, district or village: | Cramond | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | There is correspondence from between James Morton and Tarbolton & Ochterlony dating from 1927-36 in the National Archives of Scotland but not yet inspected so unclear what this is about.
Cost of 1968 alteratiuons £650,000. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Villa | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Craigiehall, Queensferry Road (off) | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1695 | 1699 or 1708 | Build/construction | Original villa built to the designs of Sir William Bruce | | 1699 | | Addition | Ornamental gates | | c. 1730 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations including new front doorway (removed 1852) and additions including north east pavilion (remodelled 1828). Also bridge in grounds. | | 1828 | | Alterations and additions | Dining room extension. North east pavilion remodelled. Colvin gives: 'addition to east and west fronts' | | 1852 | | Alterations and additions | North offices constructed; alterations to roof (drawings dated September 1852 for latter). William Adam's new front doorway removed. | | March 1926 | October 1926 | | Alterations. Also grotto and sundial | | 1927 | 1936 | | Further work planned - unclear if executed | | 1968 | | Build/construction | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. |
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 | | (Sir) William Bruce | | E | c. 1695 | c. 1708 | | | Tobias Bachop, Bauchop or Baak | | D | 1699 | | | | Alexander McGill | | G | 1708 | | Ornamental gates - in association with the Earl of Mar | | William Adam | | B | c. 1730 | | Alterations including new front doorway (removed 1852) and additions including north east pavilion (remodelled 1828). Also bridge in grounds. | | William Burn | | | 1828 | | Dining room extension. North east pavilion remodelled. Colvin gives: 'addition to east and west fronts' | | David Bryce | | | 1852 | | North offices constructed; alterations to roof. William Adam's new front doorway altered. | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1926 | | Alterations. Also grotto and sundial | | (Sir) Matthew Montgomerie Ochterlony | | A | 1927 | 1936 | Further work planned - unclear if executed | | Harold Ogle Tarbolton | | A | 1927 | 1936 | Further work planned - unclear if executed | | Tarbolton & Ochterlony | | A | 1927 | 1936 | Further work planned - unclear if executed | | Gibson, Laing & Partners | | C | 1968 | | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. | | James William Laing | | C | 1968 | | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. | | John Mitchell Wood | | C | 1968 | | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. | | Robert Gellatly Rigg Brown | | C | 1968 | | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. | | William Brook Sampson | | C | 1968 | | Alterations to command headquarters (main house) and housing in grounds. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Annandale, 2nd Earl of | Client for Sir William Bruce house | | Hope-Vere, James | Client for William Burn work | | Morton, James | Client for 1926 work | | MPBW | Client for 1968 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plates 86-87. | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Dunbar, J G | 1970 | Sir William Bruce exhibition catalogue | | | nos 154, 165 | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p591 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p178 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Alnwick Castle | Percy Archives | v.32, f.79v | Letters regarding bridge. | | Dalmeny House | Dalmeny House drawings | | Variant design by Sir William Bruce in portfolio. Later (later than William Adam's work) survey plan of Craigiehall in Dalmeny archives. Also William Burn drawings in portfolio. | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 45432 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 326/92 (also RHP 94505) | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 29/1955/2 | | | National Archives of Scotland (NAS) | Register of Deeds | | Durie volume 124 pp213-215 | | National Archives of Scotland (www.nas.gov.uk) | National Register of Archives | NRA Scotland list 2171 | At Raehills | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR E/117, 118, 119 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | WLD 11/41-48 copies of drawings in possession of Earl of Rosebery |
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