Basic Site Details Name: | Wemyss Castle | Town, district or village: | East Wemyss | City or county: | Fife | 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 | | 1669 | 1672 | Addition | Contract dated 1669 | | 1874 | | | New gallery, parapets and other alterations (demolished in the 1950s) | | 1897 | | | Undercroft remodelled as chapel (Scheme for new entrance not executed). West entrance gateway, Dysart Lodge (HS claim this might be by Lorimer) | | 18 September 1897 | | | St Mary Star of the Sea Chapel dedicated | | c. 1930 | | | Restoration begun (removal of Peddie & Kinnear's additions) | | c. 1950 | | | Restoration completed | | 1954 | | | Proposed alterations and additions | | Before 1954 | | Restoration | Restoration. Removal of Peddie & Kinnear additions |
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 Mylne | | B | 1669 | 1672 | Addition | | Charles George Hood Kinnear | | A | 1874 | | New gallery, parapets and other alterations | | John Dick Peddie | | A | 1874 | | New gallery, parapets and other alterations | | Peddie & Kinnear | | A | 1874 | | New gallery, parapets and other alterations | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1897 | | Undercroft remodelled as chapel (Scheme for new entrance not executed). West entrance gateway, Dysart Lodge (HS claim this might be by Lorimer) and East Lodge which seems more certain | | Stewart Tod | | | 1930s | | | | Alexander Stewart Tod | | | c. 1930 | c. 1950 | Restoration - design by Ian G Lindsay. Removal of Peddie & Kinnear additions | | Ian Gordon Lindsay | | | Before 1950 | | Proposed alterations and additions - executed by Stewart Tod | | Oliver Falvey Hill | | | 1954 | | Proposed alterations and additions - not executed |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Wemyss, 2nd Earl of | Client for Robert Mylne addition | | Wemyss, Captain Michael | Restoration work by Alexander Stewart Tod | | Wemyss, Mrs Millicent Erskine | New gallery, parapets and other alterations |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Wemyss Castle gate lodge | Savage says the scheme was not executed but according to Stewart Tod the east lodge was executed by Lorimer |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Cunningham, Andrew S | 1905 | Rambles in the parish of Scoonie and Wemyss | | | pp209-10 | | Cunningham, Andrew S | 1909 | Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss | | | p147 | | Fraser, Sir William | 1888 | Memorials of the Family of Wemyss | | | volume i, p284 | | Fyfe, J G (ed.) | 1927 | Scottish Diaries and Memoirs 1550-1746 | | Stirling | pp129-130 | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p424-5 | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p65 | | RSA | 1865 | | | | 604 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p172 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | | LXXIII | | p244 | | Building News | | LXXIII | | 436 | | Building News | | XXX | | p648 | | Building News | 4 December 1874 | XXVII | | p681 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 16709 | Castle | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19127 | West entrance | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19128 | East Lodge | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR W/7 (old number may be FID/175/7) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | Oliver Hill drawings | | Wemyss Estate, Gosford | Plans Collection | | |
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