Basic Site Details
| Name: | Glenlair |
| Town, district or village: | Parton |
| City or county: | Kirkcudbrightshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | Parton |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Burnt down in 1929 - shell remains. The drawings for this now in DPM Collection at NMRS are from 134 High Street Dumfries, dated 1 January 1868. Clerk Maxwell archives show that the previous assumption that this was a Peddie & Kinnear branch office was not correct and that Barbour was at 134 High Street three years earlier than previously thought . Information from A Curtis Wolffe, August 2005. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Nether Corsock | Yes | |
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 | |
| 1830 | Alterations and additions(?) | Double pile house with twin gabled flanks, perhaps enlarging existing house. Newall's house relagated to rear wing following additions by Peddie & Kinnear. | |
| January 1864 | Additions (Drawings dated) | ||
| February 1884 | Reconstruction | Further addition and reconstruction (Drawings dated) Further addition and reconstruction | |
| 1990s | Repair | Consultancy | |
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 | D | 1830 | Double pile house with twin gabled flanks, perhaps enlarging existing house. Newall's house relagated to rear wing following additions by Peddie & Kinnear. | ||
| James Barbour | A | 1868 | Additions | ||
| Charles George Hood Kinnear | B | 1884 | Reconstruction and additions | ||
| John More Dick Peddie | B | 1884 | Reconstruction and additions | ||
| Kinnear & Peddie | B | 1884 | Reconstruction and additions | ||
| Antony Curtiss Wolffe | A | 1990s | Repairs - Consultancy | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Maxwell, Andrew Wedderburn, of Middlebie | Client for 1884 alterations |
| Maxwell, James Clerk, physicist | Client for additions by James Barbour |
| Maxwell, John Clerk | For work by Newall c1830 |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| MacKechnie, Aonghus | 1988 | Walter Newall, Architect in Dumfries | Trans. Dumfres & Galloway Naturual History & Antiquarian Society, 3rd ser, lxiii | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Mr Antony Wolffe | Information sent to Dictionary October 2013 | ||
| Dumfries Archive Centre | Walter Newall Collection | DAC GGD 131/N1/69-75 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17096 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | DPM 1880/71/2 (drawings from 134 High Street, Dumfries - at this date James Barbour at this address | |