Basic Site Details Name: | Mount Melville House | Town, district or village: | St Andrews | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Craigtoun Hospital | Yes | | | Craigtoun House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1820 | 1821 | Addition | Front block added to original house | | 1902 | 1905 | | | | 1910 | | | Formal garden, including summerhouse, bridge and island buildings | | 1914 | | Design exhibited | Summer house design | | 1949 | | | Converted to maternity home | | Before 1981 | | Alterations and additions | Ward upgrade |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Whyte-Melville, John | Client for Gillespie Graham work | | Younger, James - brewer | |
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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 | | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p132-3 | | Gray, A Stuart | 1985 | Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary | | | | | Neale, J P | 1825 | Seats | 2nd series | | volume ii | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p137 | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | 2010 | Building Our Health: The Architecture of Scottish Hospitals | | Historic Scotland | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1914, no 1826 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | | LXXIV | | pp312, 328, 344 | | Architect | | XCII | | p492 | | Builder | | LXXXIX | | p344 | | Builder | 16 April 1926 | CXXX | | p627 | | Building News | | CVI | | p630 | | St Andrews Preservation Trust Yearbook | 2015 | | | Account of house, pp44-54 by David Nicol Scott. Includes useful history of the estate and a photo of the bowed gable of Gillespie Graham's house with the pedimented elevation of the previous house on its right. |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 139 | Formal garden | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2644 | House | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2646 | Island buildings including bridge | | National Library of Scotland | Manuscript Collection | Advocates' MS 33.8.4 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information on involvement of Scott Morton & Co |
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