Basic Site Details Name: | Balcaskie | Town, district or village: | Pittenweem | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Carnbee | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Lodge is B listed, East gatepiers are A Listed, North Drive gatepiers are B Listed
Total cost of Bryce work 1857-58 £2,125 0s 4d | 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 | | c. 1670 | c. 1674 | Reconstruction | | | 1842 | | | Housemaid's pantry at head of back stair | | 1843 | 1844 | | Gate lodge (West or Carnbee Lodge) | | 1843 | | | Alterations to chimneyheads, west turret, fitting up old chapel | | c. 1844 | c. 1848 | | Restoration of garden | | 1846 | | | Rebuilding of gate pillars and parapet walls at east approach; east lodge | | 1853 | | | Minor Scots Baronial additions by Bryce | | 1856 | 1858 | Construction | Work carried out by Bryce (Buildings of Scotland); work included changes to 2 windows and interior work | | 1890s(?) | | | Terrace walls, roofing in of courtyard, additions and plan of front of house drawn | | 1912 | | | New gates | | 4 July 1919 | | | Date of design for North Lodge gate piers |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Anstruther, R | Client for new gates | | Anstruther, Sir Ralph Abercromby of Balcaskie Bt. | | | Bruce, Sir William | Alterations for himself |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Dunbar, J G | 1970 | Sir William Bruce exhibition catalogue | | | pp10-11 | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p85-6 | | Hannan, Thomas | 1928 | Famous Scottish Houses | | | p9 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | ix, 348 | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p160 | | Royal Archaeological Institute | 1991 | The St Andrews Area | | | p46-8 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p176 | | Scottish Field | | | | | June 1962 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce | | Country Life | 2 March 1912 | | | | | Country Life | 24 May 1989 | | | | | Country Life | 25 May 1989 | | | | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2503 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 15553 | West Lodge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2506 | East gatepiers (gates by Lorimer) | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2507 | North drive gatepiers | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2504 | Terraced garden (Nesfield) | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 29 | Bruce of Kinross papers | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Sheriff Court Records | | SC 20/44/6, pp75-76, 79-80, 84-85, 87-91, 110-115, 191, 193-8, 200, 205, 443-452; Sc 20/44/7, 6 March 1858; 4 March 1859, 7 March 1860 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Buildings of Scotland Research Notes (for published volumes) | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR B/2, LOR B/44 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Watherston Collection | | FID 46/1, 15 ,16 | | St Andrews University Library | James Gillespie and Scott Archive | | Bundles nos 162, 1136 |
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