Basic Site Details Name: | The Garrison | Town, district or village: | Millport | Island: | Great Cumbrae | City or county: | Bute | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1819 | | | Built | | 1896 | 1897 | | Alterations to chapel in stable block: wooden floor, steps, screen, stalls, benches, rails and other fittings (made by Bute Estate carpenter Dan Macfarlane at Mount Stuart) | | 1908 | 1909 | | Internal alterations to house; extension of upper floor; refitting of library, terraces and sunken garden | | 1910 | | | Proposed new chapel for dowager Marchioness of Bute (not built; drawings lost) | | 1939 | | Alteration/conversion | Conversion to St Andrews Emergency Hospital | | 2003 | 2008 | Restoration | After fire |
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 | | Robert Weir Schultz | | | 1896 | 1897 | Alterations to chapel in stable block; internal alterations to house, extension of upper floor, and refitting of library, terraces and sunken garden; proposed new chapel | | John Watson (junior) | | A | 1939 | | Conversion to St Andrews Emergency Hospital | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | C | 1939 | | Conversion to St Andrews Emergency Hospital | | Lee Boyd | | A | 2003 | 2008 | Restoration after fire |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Bute, 3rd Marquess of | for 1896-7 work | | Bute, dowager Marchioness of | for 1908-10 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p360 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | p37 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Mitchell Library Glasgow | Office Plans and drawings of Watson, Salmond & Gray | 35 | | | Mount Stuart | Bute Archives | | Letter books 1896-7 |
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