Basic Site Details

Name: Pluscarden Priory
Town, district or village: Pluscarden, Elgin
City or county: Morayshire
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Priory  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 618201821Build/constructionPorter's Lodge (Priory Lodge)
Item 2 of 6Before 1854  Repairs?
Item 3 of 618981900 Excavation, consolidation and partial restoration
Item 4 of 61945 ProposedProposals for restoration
Item 5 of 619671996Restoration 
Item 6 of 61982 ReconstructionReconstruction of east end of the south claustral range

People

Design and Construction

The 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 13James McBride (or MacBride)  18201821Porter's Lodge (Priory Lodge)
Item 2 of 13James Matthews ABefore 1854 Repairs?
Item 3 of 13Mackenzie & Matthews ABefore 1854 Repairs?
Item 4 of 13Thomas Mackenzie ABefore 1854 Repairs?
Item 5 of 13John Kinross B18981900Excavation, consolidation and partial restoration
Item 6 of 13Ian Gordon Lindsay Gc. 1945 Proposals for restoration
Item 7 of 13Cunningham Jack Fisher Purdom C19671996Restoration
Item 8 of 13William Murray Jack C19671996Job architect. 'Buildings of Scotland' states he was appointed in 1972 byt Nic Allen gives dates as here.
Item 9 of 13William Murray Jack F1982 Reconstruction of east end of the south claustral range
Item 10 of 13Colin P M Fisher D1990s Further restoration work - north and west cloister walks - with Angus McGhie
Item 11 of 13Jack Fisher Partnership D1990s Further restoration work
Item 12 of 13William Murray Jack D1990s Further restoration work
Item 13 of 13Angus McGhie E1990s Further restoration work - north and west cloister walks - with Colin Fisher

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Fife, Earl of 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 3Allen, Nic (ed.) Scottish Architects in Conservation   
Item 2 of 3Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A1996A History of Scottish Architecture  p563
Item 3 of 3Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew2015The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray Yale University Presspp715, 716, 722, 723

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Elgin Courant20 October 1854  Obituary of Thomas Mackenzie

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 2Aberdeen UniversityAberdeen University Archives Montcoffer Papers MS 3175/B2(10) 3/4
Item 2 of 2Mount StuartBute Archives Plans for Kinross restoration