Basic Site Details Name: | Brodick Castle | Town, district or village: | Brodick | Island: | Arran | City or county: | Bute | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Castle | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1300s | | | 'Late medieval' tower house at E. North wing also dates from this period? | | 1600s | | Build/construction | Three storey 17th period house at centre | | 1844 | 1845 | | Addition of main portion incorporating 17th century and medieval parts | | 1860 | | Proposed | Proposal for new entrance court modelled in Thirlestane | | 1875 | | | Designs for unexecuted additions | | 1919 | | | Restoration work and gardens | | 1960s | | Restoration | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Hamilton, 10th Duke of | cleint for Gillespie Graham additions | | Hamilton, 12th Duke of | Client for 1875 proposed additions | | Montrose, Duke of | Client for 1919 restoration work and gardens | | National Trust for Scotland | Client for 1960s restoration |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Addyman Archaeology | 2009 | Brodick Castle Historic Survey and Analytical Assessment | | | | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p690-4 | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | | | Fellowes, R A | | Reginald Blomfield, an Edwardian Architect | | | p168 | | Landskip and Prospect | 1996 | The Policies & Gardens at Brodick Castle & Country Park Landscape Survey | | | | | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | volume III, pp285-9 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | Schreiber, Philip A | 1993 | National Trust for Scotland, Brodick Castle, Quinquennial Survey | | | | | Stell, G, Shaw, J and Storer, S | 2003 | Scotland's Buildings | | | p198 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building Chronicle | 1855 | i | | p170 | | Country Life | 10 February 1983 | | | pp322-5 | | Country Life | 17 February 1983 | | | pp380-3 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Brodick Castle Archives | Drawings Collection | | Plans for Green's proposed additions | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 7507 | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information from Morag Cross | | RCAHMS | National Trust for Scotland archives | | |
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