Basic Site Details Name: | Inchdrewer Castle | City or county: | Banffshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Inhabited at least until 1836; a ruin prior to 1962. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tower house | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1500 | | | | | 1600s | | Addition | Forecourt ranges | | Late 1800s | | | Additional wing | | 1965 | | | Rebuilding - not carried out | | 1966 | 1971 | Restoration | Rebuilt and reroofed for residential use; interior not completed (John Lamb responsible) |
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 | | Leiper Family | | c | 1600s | | | | Oliver Falvey Hill | | | 1965 | | Rebuilding scheme - not carried out but probably influenced the executed scheme by John Lamb of George Bennet Mitchell & Son | | George Bennett Mitchell & Son | | A | 1966 | 1971 | Rebuilt and reroofed for residential use; interior not completed (John Lamb responsible) | | John Lamb | | A | 1966 | 1971 | Rebuilt and reroofed for residential use; interior not completed (John Lamb responsible) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Mirrlees, Robin de la Lanne | Client for 1965 proposed work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | Volume II, pp147-9 | | McKean, Charles | 1990 | Banff and Buchan: an illustrated guide | | | p59 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | No 13 (1836), p30 | | Powers, Alan | 1989 | Oliver Hill, architect and lover of life 1887-1968 | | | p82 - described as 'alterations' perhaps alterations to George Bennet Mitchell scheme | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp262, 264-5 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3049 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | RAN 16/K/8 (drawings by Oliver Hill). |
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