Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cardoness House |
| Town, district or village: | Kirkcudbright |
| City or county: | Kirkcudbrightshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1828 | Build/construction | ||
| 1888 | Plans dated | ||
| 1889 | 1890 | Major reconstruction and additions | |
| 1890 | Plans for garden layout dated | ||
| 1959 | Reconstruction | Almost completely demolished for new house by S W Burnage | |
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 | |
| Walter Newall | A | 1828 | |||
| John More Dick Peddie | A | 1889 | 1890 | Major reconstruction and additions | |
| Kinnear & Peddie | A | 1889 | 1890 | Major reconstruction and additions | |
| S W Burnage | F | 1959 | 1960 | 'Savagely reduced in size' | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Maxwell, Sir William F Bt | Major reconstruction and additions |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | p159 | ||
| RSA | 1889 | 1027 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Dumfries Archive Centre | Walter Newall Collection | DAC GGD 131/N4/133, N14/95-100 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | DPM/1890/83/1 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | Acc No 2001/43 | |