Basic Site Details
| Name: | Dumfries House, New Chiswick |
| City or county: | Ayrshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Notes: | Proposed Casino (reproduction of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick and formal garden based on William Kent's work at Chiswick) |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Casino | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| April 1892 | Plans dated | ||
| 1893 | 1900 | Planting carried out but casino not built following the death of the 3rd Marquess. | |
| 10 January 1893 | Plans dated | Revisions to drawings | |
| 1897 | Build/construction | Taylor & Peel give 'flower beds and remodelling of sunk room and New Chiswick, woodland garden with orchard. The planned orangery was never built, but the oak gates survive' | |
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 | |
| Robert Weir Schultz | A | 1892 | 1893 | Proposals | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Green, Simon | 2014 | Dumfries House: an architectural story | Edinburgh: RCAHMS | pp177-179 | |
| Taylor, Kristina and Peel, Robert | 1021 | Passion, plants and patronage: 300 years of Bute Family Landscapes | Artifice Books | pp149-150 | |