Basic Site Details Name: | Ferndean Villa | Town, district or village: | Cove | City or county: | Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Villa | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Rosneath Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1860 | c. 1862 | | | | 1863 | | | New gates and boundary wall, £56.19.11d |
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 | | A & G Thomson | | A | c. 1860 | c. 1862 | House and additions- undocumented but probable | | Alexander Thomson | | A | c. 1860 | c. 1862 | House and additions- undocumented but probable | | George Thomson | | A | c. 1860 | c. 1862 | House and additions- undocumented but probable | | A & G Thomson | | B | 1863 | | Gates and boundary wall | | Alexander Thomson | | B | 1863 | | Gates and boundary wall | | George Thomson | | B | 1863 | | Gates and boundary wall |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blackie, Robert - Publisher | Possible alterations c1860-62 Possible alterations c1860-62; gates boundary wall in 1863 | | Forgan, Thomas - Developer | Original client |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Blackie | 1868 | Villa and Cottage Architecture | 1st edition | | Gates and boundary wall only, with allusion that villa is by Thomson | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | | | McMurray, Glen | 1965 | Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Villas | | Dissertation, Strathclyde, 1965 | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | | | Walker, Frank Arneil and Sinclair, Fiona | 1992 | North Clyde estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | | | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 43440 | Villa and boundary wall |
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