Basic Site Details Name: | Hopetoun House | Town, district or village: | Abercorn | City or county: | West Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1699 | 1702 | Build/construction | | | 1706 | 1710 | Addition | | | 1707 | | Plans drawn up | Layout of gardens | | 1721 | 1726 | Alterations and additions | Remodelling and enlargement - with work continuing until 1748. | | 1750 | 1754 | Completion | Including recasting of entrance hall | | After 1878 | Before 1913 | | Ballroom - date unknown | | 1895 | | | Alterations and repairs | | After 1951 | Before 1955 | Alterations and additions(?) | | | c. 1968(?) | | Alterations and additions | Alterations and restoration |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Hope, Charles later 1st earl of Hopetpoun | Client for William Bruce and William Adam work | | Hopetoun, 2nd Earl of | Client for William Adam work and John Adam work | | Linlithgow, Marquis of | Client for 1960s alterations |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plates 14-21 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Dunbar, J G | 1970 | Sir William Bruce exhibition catalogue | | | nos 154, 165 | | McKinstry, Sam | 1991 | Rowand Anderson, the Premier Architect of Scotland | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | p212 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp 55, 57, 251, 254, 255 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Rowan, A | 1984 | The Building of Hopetoun | 27 | Architectural History | | | Sibbald, R | 1707 | History of the Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow and Stirling | | | p20-21 | | Vitruvius Britannicus | 1717 | Vitruvius Britannicus | | | plates 75-77 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 5 January 1956 | | | 5-12 January 1956 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of James Robertson Laidlaw | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent April 2010 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 613 | Hopetoun House | | National Archives of Scotland (NAS) | Register of Deeds | | Durie volume 124 pp213-215 |
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