Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Cortachy Castle | Town, district or village: | Kirriemuir | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Cortachy and Clova | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Sundial on SE tower 2002 by Harber dDesigns to commemorate the golden wedding anniversary of David, 13th Earl of Airlie and Virginia Ryan. | 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 |  | 1696 | | Alterations and additions | |  | 1787 | 1790 | Addition | Large additions - including extension to the end of the north jamb |  | 1820 | 1821 | Alterations and additions | Remodelled house with crenellated porch and relocated stair. New stairhall. |  | 1868 | 1869 | | Refitting of library and other alterations and proposals for new wing |  | 1870 | | Alterations and additions | Extensive additions (mainly removed by subsequent alterations), including drawing room |  | September 1883 | | | Fire |  | 13 December 1884 | 27 May 1885 | | Rebuilding after fire - plans dated |  | c. 1900 | | | Bryce's additions demolished |  | 1933 | | | Additions (door in garden wall) |  | 1949 | 1951 | Alterations and additions | Remodelling removing much of Bryce's work |
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 |  | Tobias Bachop, Bauchop or Baak | Mason | J | 1696 | | Alterations |  | Richard Hogg | | H | 1787 | 1790 | Large additions - including extension to the end of the north jamb |  | R & R Dickson | Architectural practice | E | 1820 | 1821 | Remodelled house with crenellated porch and relocated stair. New stairhall. |  | Richard Dickson | Architect | E | 1820 | 1821 | Remodelled house with crenellated porch and relocated stair. New stairhall. |  | Robert Dickson | Architect | E | 1820 | 1821 | Remodelled house with crenellated porch and relocated stair. New stairhall. |  | Philip Speakman Webb | Architect | | 1868 | 1869 | Refitting of library and other alterations and proposals for new wing |  | David Bryce | Architect | A | 1870 | 1872 | Extensive additions (mainly removed by subsequent alterations), including drawing room |  | Charles George Hood Kinnear | Architect | B | 1884 | | Rebuilding after fire |  | John More Dick Peddie | Architect | B | 1884 | | Rebuilding after fire |  | Kinnear & Peddie | Architectural practice | B | 1884 | | Rebuilding after fire |  | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | Architect | C | 1933 | | |  | Philip Tilden | Architect | H | 1949 | 1951 | Remodelling removing much of Bryce's work |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Airlie, 8th Earl of | 10th according to Act of Reversal |  | Airlie, 8th Earl of | Client for R & R Dickson work |  | Airlie, 9th Earl of | 11th according to Act of Reversal - rebuilding after fire |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Dakers, Caroline | 2000 | Castles in the air: Philip Webb's rejected commission for the Earl and Countess of Airlie | v43 | Architectural History, v43, 2000, pp271-280 | |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p429-430 |  | Girouard, Mark | 1963 | Cortachy Castle | 2 May 1963 | Country Life | |  | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | |  | Jones | 1830 | Views of Scottish Seats | | | |  | Kirk, Sheila | 2005 | Philip Webb: Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Architecture | | Chichester: John Wiley & Sons | p182 |  | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | Plans |  | Millar, A H | 1890 | The Historical Castles and Mansions of Scotland: Perthshire and Forfarshire | | | pp307-27 |  | Nuttgens, Patrick | 1959 | Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect | | Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd | p52 |  | RSA | 1872 | | | | |  | Scottish Field | | | | | May 1964 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect | 11 November 1871 | VI | | p245 |  | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 4831 | |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | | Airlie Papers, GD 16/26 and 29A |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 16/34/272; 16/27/446; | |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 5167/1-3 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM/1880/51/3 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Watherston Collection | | AND 785/1-10 (Peddie & Kinnear drawings) |
Images © All rights reserved. Architect, VI, 11 November 1871, p245 |