Basic Site Details Name: | Drumlanrig Castle | Town, district or village: | Drumlanrig | City or county: | Dumfriesshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | 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 | | | | | Plans drawn up for cloister and chapel - not executed. Date uncertain | | 1620s(?) | | Build/construction | Original design for house | | 1620s | | Build/construction | Original design for house | | c. 1680 | c. 1690 | Reconstruction | Rebuilding perhaps based on designs by Robert Mylne | | 1697 | 1698 | Addition | Ogee roofed pavilions added | | 1732 | | Plans drawn up | Design of cascade | | 1813 | | Restoration | | | 1840 | | | Scheme for remodelling as French chateau with formal gardens; only gardens carried out | | 1860 | | | Reconstruction of perron to original design |
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) George Gilbert Scott | | | | | Plans for cloister and chapel | | James Smith | | G | c. 1680 | c. 1690 | Rebuilding perhaps on the basis of designs made by Robert Mylne, Smith's father-in-law. | | Robert Mylne | | J | c. 1680 | | Designs for reconstruction? | | James Smith | | H | 1697 | 1698 | Ogee roofed pavilions added | | John Clerk (Sir) (2nd Baronet) | | B | 1732 | | Design of cascade
| | William Atkinson | | E | 1812 | 1817 | Plans for alterations? | | William Elliot | | A | 1813 | | Restoration for the 4th Duke of Buccleuch | | William Burn | | D | c. 1830 | c. 1834 | Repairs and alterations including a new gardener's house and probably the forecourt wings of the main house. | | (Sir) Charles Barry | | | c. 1840 | | Scheme for remodelling as French chateau with formal gardens; only gardens carried out | | Charles Howitt | | | 1860 | | Reconstruction of perron to original design |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Buccleuch, 2nd Duke of | Client for cascade design | | Buccleuch, 4th Duke of | Client for William Elliot work | | Buccleuch, Duchess of | Client for Charles Barry work | | Queensberry, Ist Duke | Client for Smith work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Blisset, David | | Veneerer-in-chief to the Nobility: Sir Charles Barry's Country Houses | | Airs, M (ed): The Victorian Great House | p63 - proposals by Sir Charles Barry | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p225 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | iv, p506 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 25 August 1960 | | | | | Country Life | 1 September 1960 | | | Edition covers 1-8 September 1960. Article by Mark Girouard citing accounts at Drumlanrig. | | Gentleman's Magazine | IX00s | | | p2. Article by J C Loudon. | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-8. List of works by Burn, compiled by T L Donaldson. | | The Architectural Magazine | I | | | p94 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Drumlanrig Castle | Drumlanrig Castle Plans | | Volume of plans now held at Drumlanrig but were in NAS previously, including plans by Georeg Gilbert Scott | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3886 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Buccleuch Papers | GD224/669/36 | Atkinson designs | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | | GD 224 NRA (S), 1275 | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 224/518/3 | | | National Library of Scotland | Manuscript Collection | MS. 3906, f.141 | For Burn's letter to Sir Walter Scott soliciting this job. | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | |
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