Basic Site Details Name: | Manderston House, including service court and motor house | Town, district or village: | Duns | City or county: | Berwickshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information also from Manderston per D C Mays. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1789 | | Plans drawn up | Classical house - presumably not executed. Plans signed and dated by Gilkie. | | 1871 | | | Addition of mansard roofs and porte cochere, and other extensions (later removed) | | c. 1895(?) | 1903 | | Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior redecoration | | 1910 | | | Organ case in chapel and interior alterations in house |
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 | | Scott Morton & Co (later Scott Morton & Tynecastle Co Ltd; finally Scott Morton Ltd) | | | | | Interior woodwork - date unknown | | Alexander Gilkie | | F | 1789 | | Design for classical house | | James Simpson | | | 1871 | | Addition of mansard roofs and porte cochere, and other extensions (removed during Kinross's later alterations) | | Hamilton More Nisbett | | A | c. 1895 | | As assistant to John Kinross - Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration | | John Kinross | | A | c. 1895(?) | 1903 | Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration | | Bailey Scott Murphy | | A | 1900 | 1902 | As assistant to Kinross & Tarbolton - refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration | | Harold Ogle Tarbolton | | A | 1900 | 1903 | Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration | | Kinross & Tarbolton | | A | 1900 | 1903 | Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration | | James Grieve | | | 1902 | 1905 | Refurbishment and major extension of late 18th century house, new entrance front, lavish interior decoration - as clerk of works | | John Kinross | | B | 1910 | | Organ case in chapel and interior alterations in house | | Adam Lothian | | G | 1979 | September 1983 | Job architect until September 1983 | | Aitken & Turnbull | | G | 1979 | 1983 | Restoration. | | John Andrew Lester | | G | 1979 | 1983 | Restoration - as job architect | | John Millar | | G | 1979 | 1983 | Restoration - as partner in charge |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Millar, Sir James | | | Miller, Lady Eveline | Client for 1913 work | | Palmer, A D | Client for restoration |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p2 | | Aslet, Clive | 1979 | Manderston | | Country Life, 15 February 1979, p392 | | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp 515-17 | | RSA | 1914 | | | | 547 | | RSA | 1942 | | | | 703 | | Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | pp41-2 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Berwickshire Advertiser | 24 September 1901 | | | | | Building News | 4 April 1902 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 4033 | | | Information by email | Research and biography by Louise Boreham and Neil Brown | | Sent October 2007 | | Manderston House | Plans | | Copies in NMRS at BWD 64/22-60 (John Kinross); BWD 64/114-121 additions by James Simpson, Leith and abstract of accounts Jan 1878 - Nov 1879 | | Manderston House | Plans | | Plans by Gilkie signed and dated 1789. | | National Archives of Scotland (www.nas.gov.uk) | National Register of Archives | | NRS 2405 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Bailey Scott Murphy: L v19 no 1476; Hamilton More Nisbett: L v19 no1485 |
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