Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Castle

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1766		Build/construction(?)	Quadrangular stables (uncertain if actually built. If built they were destroyed by fire in 1790).
	1789	1790	Alterations and additions
	1844	1851		North front and reconstruction
	1845			Peter Kerr hired to implement Barry's designs
	1852			Walled garden , west wall rebuilding
	1915			Restoration of roof after fire
	1919			Additional internal reinstatement and remodelling

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
	John Adam		C	1766		Quadrangular stables (uncertain if actually built. If built they were destroyed by fire in 1790)
	James McLeran		D	1789	1790	Large sums of money being paid to 'Mr McLaren and his son' for works at Dunrobin Castle.
	(Sir) Charles Barry		A	1844	1848	North front and reconstruction with William Leslie of Aberdeen as executant, modifying scheme to fit site; formal gardens. Barry did not visit until 1848 when work was complete.
	William Leslie		A	1844	1851	Reconstruction incorporating suggestions from Duke of Sutherland based on Charles Barry' s scheme
	Peter Keir			1845		Was the draughtsman and signed the drawings
	Peter Kerr		A	1845		Implemented Barry's designs; perhaps worked for William Leslie
	William Leslie			1852		Walled garden, west wall rebuilding
	(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer		B	1915	1919	Restoration of roof after fire. Also additional internal reinstatement and remodelling.
	James Grieve		B	1915	1919	Restoration after fire. Also additional internal reinstatement and remodelling - as clerk of works to Lorimer

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Sutherland, 17th Earl of	Client for John Adam work
	Sutherland, Countess	Client for 1789-1790 work
	Sutherland, Duke of	For all phases

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Blisset, David		Veneerer-in-chief to the Nobility: Sir Charles Barry's Country Houses		Airs, M (ed): The Victorian Great House	pp 64-5
	Colvin, Howard	2008	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840		London: YUP. 4th edition
	Fraser, W	1894	The Sutherland Book			p470, n2, p471
	Gifford, John	1992	Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland)		Penguin Books	pp 574-7
	Savage, Peter	1980	Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers		Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)	p 176

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Building Chronicle	June 1854
	Building Chronicle	July 1854
	Country Life	23 October 2013
	Country Life	30 October 2013

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Dunrobin Castle	Plans		Original drawings in Charter Room (Barry drawings)
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	7044
	Information by email	Research and biography by Louise Boreham and Neil Brown		Sent October 2007
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Lorimer and Matthew Collection		LOR D/14
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Manuscripts		MS LOR/73/60, 61 Notes on interior details by Lorimer, specifications for electrical work etc
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Photographic Archive		Copies of Dunrobin drawings - SUD 77/52-61 Also Lorimer drawings SUD 77/11, 77/73
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Drawings Collection		Ba Fam/1/9/1