Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Hill of Tarvit	Yes	Since 1912
	Marie Curie Memorial Foundation Hospital		Used as hospital from 1948 to 1977

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Country House

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1905	1907		New house incorporating rear wing of old house, new garden, landscaping, stable, gardener's cottage and laundry house

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
	(Sir) William Bruce		C	1696		Attribution. Stylistically not close enough to other works by Bruce to be certain. No documentary evidence.
	Scott Morton & Co (later Scott Morton & Tynecastle Co Ltd; finally Scott Morton Ltd)		B	1906	1908	Did the woodwork in the salon and stairs
	(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer			1907		New house incorporating rear wing of old house, new garden, landscaping, gardener's cottage and laundry house

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Sharp, F B	Purchased house in 1904 but the reversion of the name to Hill of Tarvit did not take place until 1912.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Colvin, Howard	2008	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840		London: YUP. 4th edition
	Hussey, Christopher	1931	The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer KBE, ARA, RSA		London: Country Life	p 60
	Macartney, Mervyn E (ed)	1908	Recent English Domestic Architecture		London: Architectural Review	pp18-19 & 116-19
	Pride, Glen L	1999	The Kingdom of Fife	2nd Edition	The Rutland Press	p92
	Richardson, Harriet	N.D.	Scottish Hospitals Survey		Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)	Listed as Marie Curie Memorial Foundation Hospital
	RSA	1909				358
	Savage, Peter	1980	Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers		Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)	pp 101-3 & 174

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Architectural Review	c. 1905	XXVII		pp 93-7

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Courtesy of Dr Paul Miller	Information sent to Professor David Walker		Sent July 2015 reagrding the name change - from a newspaper report of 14 February 1912).
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	2628
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Lorimer and Matthew Collection		LOR W/3, LOR W/4, LOR W/5, LOR W/6
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Photographic Archive		D49178-49181