Basic Site Details Name: | Murraythwaite | Town, district or village: | Dalton, Cummertrees | City or county: | Dumfriesshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The work on the house by Newall may be connected to the either the inheritance by ___Murray to the estate in 1823 or to the marriage of George Murray to Henrietta Sarah Goodenough in June 1834.
MacKechnie states that the work proposed by Newall was not executed. No architect has been identified for the 1844 remodelling.
Pallladian house, central pediment, thermal window in tympanum as at Dumcieff House. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1766 | | Build/construction | Nucleus of house built. | | c. 1834(?) | | Alterations and additions(?) | | | 1844 | | Reconstruction | Remodelled in neo-Jacobean style. | | 1901 | 1902 | | Additions of bay windows and remodelling |
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 | | Walter Newall | | A | c. 1834(?) | | Alterations? | | (Sir) Reginald Theodore Blomfield | | | 1901 | 1902 | Additions of bay windows and remodelling |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Fellowes, R A | | Reginald Blomfield, an Edwardian Architect | | | p164 (or 169?) | | Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p455 | | MacKechnie, Aonghus | 1988 | Walter Newall, Architect in Dumfries | | Trans. Dumfres & Galloway Naturual History & Antiquarian Society, 3rd ser, lxiii | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | Blomfield's additions |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Caledonian Mercury | 15 February 1823 | | | | | Durham County Advertiser | 3 June 1834 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dumfries Archive Centre | Walter Newall Collection | | Contains proposed elevation drawing. | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3548 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | | GD 219/341 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Plans of Blomfield's additions |
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