Basic Site Details

Name: Inverawe House
Town, district or village: Taynuilt, Loch Awe
City or county: Argyll
Country: Scotland
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Status: B Listed
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Building Type Classification

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

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 418501852 Baronial remodelling
Item 2 of 41913  Alterations and additions
Item 3 of 41953  Building cut down
Item 4 of 424 April 1953 ReconstructionPlans for existing property drawn up - also remodelling which included removal of N wing, high gable on W elevation and reduction of height of corner turrets and rebuilding of parapet

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 3Charles Wilson  18501852Baronial remodelling
Item 2 of 3(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer  1913 Alterations and additions
Item 3 of 3Leslie C Norton A1953 Plans for existing property drawn up - also remodelling which included removal of N wing, high gable on W elevation and reduction of height of corner turrets and rebuilding of parapet

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Currie, JamesClient for 1913 work

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4Savage, Peter1980Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)p176
Item 2 of 4Sinclair, Fiona J, ed1995Charles Wilson Architect 1810-1863: A Question of Style Glasgow: Park Circus Promotions, 1995p23
Item 3 of 4Thomson, David1882Memoir of Charles Wilson13 March 1882Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society 
Item 4 of 4Walker, F A2000Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland)  p483

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 3Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register4699 
Item 2 of 3National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSLeslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall Collection LGM 1950/14/1
Item 3 of 3National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSLorimer and Matthew Collection LOR I/1

Lor I/1