Basic Site Details Name: | Dalmahoy House and lodges | Town, district or village: | Ratho | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Lodge is C listed. Information about the lodges is a complete mess and the drawings do not seem to match the dates given by HS. Check.
William Adam, 1725. 2-storey and raised basement, double-pile, rectangular-plan with projecting entrance block, classical house, addition of service wing and interior alterations by Alexander Laing in 1787, William Burn, 1830 and Brown and Wardrop, 1851. Later additions 20th century additions for hotel
W Adam, Vitruvius Scoticus (DATE). SO GD150/2407/40, 43, 58. GD150/2428/2/7, GD150/2436/3, GD150/2466/21, GD150/2467/14, 20. GD150/2468/4-5X, GD150/2469/9, GD150/3515/44 (information courtesy of RCAHMS). J Small, Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (1883). F H Groome, Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Scotland (1897) p338. T Hannan, Famous Scottish Houses (1928) p81. H Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (1995) p64. C McWilliam, Buildings of Scotland: Lothian (1978) pp166-168. Dictionary of Scottish Architects, www.scottisharchitects.org.uk (2013).el use | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Belvedere | | Original name |
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 | | 1725 | 1728 | Build/construction | Original house. 'Buildings of Scotland' states it was finished in 1725. | | 1787 | | Addition | Addition of service wing and interior alterations | | 1830 | | Addition | | | 1851 | | | Alterations | | 1896 | | | North lodge | | c. 1934 | | | East Lodge alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Aitchison, Mrs | Client for 1930s work | | Dalrymple, George | Client for William Adam house | | Morton, 16th Earl of | Client for Alexander Laing alterations |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plate 72 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp57, 166-167 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 26976 | North lodge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27021 | House | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 150/2407 | Letters 21, 38, 41. Also GD 150/2466/21 and 2467/14 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dunn and Findlay Collection | | MLD/233/1-2 |
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