Basic Site Details Name: | Ferndean for Dr John Calderwood | Town, district or village: | Barrhead | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | C listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £2,536.
This house is still in existence. Its address is now 5 Arthurlie Avenue, Barrhead G78 2BT. It is a large red sandstone dwelling. Dr Calderwood named the house "Ferndean". Dr Calderwood purchased the land, where the house was built, from the Trustees of John Shanks (the original founder of Shanks co) in 1898. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 5, Arthurlie Avenue | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1898 | 1899 | | |
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 | | Honeyman & Keppie | | A | 1898 | 1899 | | | John Honeyman | | A | 1898 | 1899 | | | John Keppie | | A | 1898 | 1899 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Calderwood, John, Dr | Dr John Calderwood, physician and surgeon, married Agnes Moorhouse Muir, grand daughter of Zechariah Heys, an extremely wealthy Calico Printer, who had a business in Barrhead from 1840s - 1890s.
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ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51578 | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book. Drawings from the Hunterian Art Gallery Mackintosh collections: Refs GLAHA 52475 & GLAHA 52350. | | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 289 | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register of Sasines | Ren 9970 18 May 1898 | | | Zita Craig, Barrhead | Information via website | | |
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