Basic Site Details
| Name: | Duns Castle |
| Town, district or village: | Duns |
| City or county: | Berwickshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A listed |
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| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Castle | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1791 | Build/construction | Gothic gateway | |
| 1792 | 1794 | Build/construction | Stables |
| 1794 | Alterations and additions | Proposed alterations to house | |
| 1818 | 1822 | Gothic remodelling | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| John Baxter | D | 1791 | Gothic gateway | ||
| John Baxter | C | 1792 | 1794 | Stables | |
| John Baxter | E | 1794 | Proposed alterations to house | ||
| James Gillespie Graham | B | 1818 | 1822 | Gothic remodelling | |
| William Waddell | B | 1818 | 1822 | Gothic detailing (chimneypieces, niches and ceilings), in collaboration with James Gillespie Graham and the owner, William Hay | |
| Ignatius Bonomi | C | 1847 | Unextecuted design for additions - with Cory | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Hay, Robert | Client for Baxter work |
| Hay, William | Client for Gothic remodelling, 1818-22 |
References
Bibliographic References
| The 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 | ||
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp239-44 | |
| MacGibbon and Ross | 1887 | MacGibbon and Ross | V.5 | Edinburgh | p265 for plan |
| Neale, J P | 1823 | Views of Seats | First seres, vi | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Berwickshire News and General Advertiser | 11 September 1917 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Duns Castle | Archive collection | Drawings by Bonomi & Cory | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 4108 | Duns Castle, with Screen Walls and Sundial |
| National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 66/1/275 | Account of mason work by John Baxter & Co |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | Copies of drawings at Duns Castle | |