Basic Site Details Name: | Minto House and stables | Town, district or village: | Minto | City or county: | Roxburghshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | A-Listed, but demolished in 1992 after destruction by fire. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1738 | 1743 | Build/construction | | | c. 1810 | | Addition | Porch, offices etc | | 1859 | | | Alterations | | 1894 | | | Alterations including new plasterwork | | 1904 | | | Garden terracing | | 1906 | | | New servants' wing | | 1973 | | Destruction/demolition | Gutted | | 1992 | | | Burnt and demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Minto, 2nd Earl of | Client for Playfair alterations | | Minto, Lord | | | Minto, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Lord | Client for William Adam work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p767 (Playfair work) | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p569 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | iii, p367 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p171 | | Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | p135 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Bodleian Library | Gough Maps and Documents | Maps 39, f 28 | Plan and elevation dated 1766. | | Edinburgh University Library | Plans | Letter book 7, p85 | Playfair collection | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19221 | Stables | | National Library of Scotland | Manuscript Collection | 13217, f.185 | Minto Papers - plan, drawings and accounts. Also 13457, 13249, 11911 etc. | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Working drawings | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR M/3 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Robert Stodart Lorimer: F v17 p35 no1114 (microfilm reel 12) |
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