Basic Site Details Name: | Cardell | Town, district or village: | Weymss Bay | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1871 alterations: £1,789. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1855 | c. 1860 | Build/construction | Original house | | 1871 | | | Alterations | | 1983 | | Destruction/demolition | Derelict by 1980s and demolished 1983. |
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 | | Robert William Billings | | B | c. 1855 | c. 1860 | Original house | | John Honeyman | | | 1871 | | Alterations |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blair, Donald | Client for original house. Conflict in sources - Sweeney | | Gilchrist, John | Australian banker. Purchased by Gilchrist. | | Macfarlane, Daniel | Client for 1871 alterations | | Pearce, William, Sir | Client for original house (architect not known). Stark? |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | p113 | | Sweeney, Dan | 2015 | Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire | | Windan Press | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job book |
|