Basic Site Details Name: | Thurso Castle | Town, district or village: | Thurso | City or county: | Caithness | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1834 | | Addition | To the 1600s building | | 1872 | 1878 | | | | c. 1918 | 1926 | | Date of job file (restoration?) which includes plans |
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 | | William Burn | | A | 1834 | | Alterations and additions to old building of the 1660s- demolished about 1875 | | David Smith | | | 1872 | 1878 | | | Barbaretus Sinclair Macdonald (or Sinclair Macdonald) | | | c. 1918 | c. 1926 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Sinclair, Sir John | Third Baronet of Ulbster - cleint for 1870s work|? | | Sinclair, Sir John | Client for Burn work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Beaton, Elizabeth | 1996 | Caithness: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: Rutland Press | pp90-91 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | North Highland Archives | Sinclair MacDonald Collection | | SM 1910/2/1 | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 8504 | |
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