Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Thomas Liddell | | Designation: | | | Born: | September 1800 | | Died: | 9 March 1856 | | Bio Notes: | The Hon Thomas Liddell was born in September 1800, the second son of Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, Ist Lord Ravensworth. In 1808 his father began rebuilding Ravensworth Castle to the designs of John Nash but the work dragged on for more than twenty years and Thomas Liddell junior superintended the later stages of the work. He designed a Gothic gatelodge which is illustrated in Loudon's 'Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture' (1846) p1152-3.
In 1823 Liddell's sister married 6th Viscount Barrington. Liddell himself married Lord Barrington's sister, Caroline Elizabeth Barrington. Liddell designed Barrington's seat Beckett Park, Berkshire in 1831. William Atkinson had already provided designs for this and it is as yet unclear whether the final design was largely Atkinson's or Liddell's.
As an amateur architect and because of his reputation as an expert in Gothic, he was one of the Commissioners appointed to consider the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. Further country house work followed some of which was aborted and some executed. In the 1850s he design the interior and furnishings of the great dining-room at Glamis Castle in Jacobean style. He may also have been repsonsible for alterations to Dalkeith House, sketches for which survive in the National Archives of Scotland.
He died on 9 March 1856. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Yorkshire, England(?) | Private/business | | | |
Buildings and Designs| This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1834 | Dalkeith House | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Sketches for alterations | | 1850 | Glamis Castle | | | Angus | Scotland | Formation of new dining room and kitchen, together with furnishing: James Anderson, clerk of works; Ralph, plasterer; Richardson, woodwork; John Brown, glass stainer; William and Cuthbert Burnup, furnishing, all of Newcastle |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | pp509-510 | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Liddell,_1st_Baron_Ravensworth | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Liddell,_1st_Baron_Ravensworth | | | Accessed January 2016 |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Library | | NMRS library copy of letter from Harry Gordon Slade to Helen Smailes about Liddell work at Glamis |
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