Basic Site Details
| Name: | Seamill Hydropathic |
| Town, district or village: | Seamill |
| City or county: | Ayrshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | West Kilbride |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Seamill House | Yes | |
| Seamill Hydro Hotel | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Hydropathic | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1890 | Addition | N additions | |
| 1893 | 1902 | Addition(?) | |
| 1920 | 1925 | Extensive additions | |
| 1934 | Unspecified work (plans dated) | ||
| 1965 | Addition | Ballroom added | |
| Before 1981 | Alteration/conversion | Hotel development | |
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. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Thomas Smellie | A | c. 1890 | N extension - possibly by Smellie as he exhinited designs | ||
| T P Marwick & Son | A | Early 1920s | Extensive additions | ||
| Thomas Craigie Marwick | A | Early 1920s | Extensive additions | ||
| Thomas Purves Marwick | A | Early 1920s | Extensive additions | ||
| Allan Stevenson & Cassels | B | 1934 | Unspecified work (plans dated) - uncertain whether for this or another Seamill building | ||
| Thomas McGill Cassels | B | 1934 | Unspecified work (plans dated) - uncertain whether for this or another Seamill building | ||
| Duncan Gilmour MacFarlane | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| Hay, Steel MacFarlane & Partners | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| John Burgess | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| John Calderwood Robertson | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| John Joseph Gardner Maxwell | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| Malcolm Stewart Hume | C | 1965 | Ballroom added | ||
| Hay, Steel & Partners | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
| John Burgess | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
| John Calderwood Robertson | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
| John Cassidy Curley | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
| Malcolm Stewart Hume | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
| William Shanks | F | Before 1981 | Hotel development | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p607-8 | |
| Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | Edinburgh: RIAS | p79 | |
| RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | |||
| RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| RIAS Quarterly | 1927 | no 23 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | Obituary |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Ayrshire Archives (from February 2007) | Darley- Hay Partnership archive | Plans for unspecified work by Cassells - may be for another Seamill building | |