Basic Site Details Name: | Letham Grange | Town, district or village: | Arbroath | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Personal information from Conway Grant Fletcher to Colin McWilliam and David Walker c.1953. Interior woodwork and chimneypieces by Howard & Son of London. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1827 | 1830 | Build/construction | Original house | | 1877 | 1878 | | Additions | | 1887 | | Addition | Additions including East Lodge | | 1986 | 1988 | Alterations and additions | |
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 | | Archibald Simpson | | A | 1827 | 1830 | | | John Rhind | | G | 1877 | 1878 | Additions | | John Robertson | | H | 1877 | 1888 | Initial designs for remodelling but job taken over by Rhind when Robertson fell ill. | | Alexander Ross | | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge | | Robert John Macbeth | | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge | | Ross & Macbeth | | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge | | Edward Taylor | | B | 1986 | 1988 | Alterations and addtiions to country house hotel. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Fletcher, Fitzroy Charles | Client for 1887 additions | | Fletcher, Jack - merchant, of Liverpool | Client for 1877-8 alterations | | Hay, John | Client for Simpson house | | Smith, Ken | Client for 1986-88 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | Forfarshire Illustrated | 1848 | Forfarshire Illustrated | | | p71 | | Fraser, G M | 1918 | Archibald Simpson Architect and his times | | Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 5 April to 11 October 1918 | x | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p592-4 | | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | | | Mills, John et al | 1996 | Rosehaugh: a house of its time | | | p38 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Builder | 1847 | v | | p217 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Edward Taylor | Information sent via email to Yvonne Hillyard | | Sent April 2011 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 4734 | |
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