Basic Site Details Name: | Balnacraig House and Lodge | Town, district or village: | Perth | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £10,000.
The Rev Thomas Crawford was minister of Perth East UP Church from 1888, having previously been assistant to Dr Hutchison of Bonnington, Leith, a man of substantial independent means whoses daughter, Elizabeth Janes, he married in 1892. The money is said by Braidwood to have come from the Coats family. Hutchison died in 1901 and in 1907 the Crawfords bought the Orchill estate. Crawford resigned his charge in the following year. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Balnacraig, Fairmount Terrace | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1895 | 1896 | | | | 1909 | | | Billiard room |
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 Bow Dunn | | B | 1895 | 1896 | | | Henry & Maclennan | | A | 1909 | | Billiard room | | James Macintyre Henry | | A | 1909 | | Billiard room | | Thomas Forbes Maclennan | | A | 1909 | | Billiard room |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Crawford, Rev Thomas | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Braidwood, Niall C | 1988 | Dunn and Findlay and The Scotsman Building | | RIBA Dissertation 1988 | pp195-196 | | Gifford, John | 2007 | The Buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross | | Yale University Press | p654 | | RSA | 1897 | | | | 521 | | RSA | 1909 | | | | 405 Billiard Room design |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | 20 September 1930 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p711 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dunn and Findlay Collection | | PTD 394/1-4 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Bow Dunn: F v15 p131 no1006 (microfilm reel 11) | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 28254 | |
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