Basic Site Details Name: | Kinnaird Castle, with stables and lodge | Town, district or village: | Brechin | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Farnell | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Lodge is B listed.
Schemes prepared forenlargement by Sir William Bruce and Alexander Edward. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Kincaid | | As listed in Builder obituary |
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 | | 1555 | | Addition | Building doubled in size. | | 1698 | | Plans drawn up | Scheme for enlargement | | 1779 | 1793 | Reconstruction | Major remodelling | | 1789 | | | Tower house rebuilt by James Playfair
Tower house rebuilt by James Playfair | | August 1853 | | | Date of drawings for Montrose Gate Lodge | | November 1853 | | | Drawings dated for beginning of reconstruction | | 1854 | 1862 | | Reconstruction by Bryce and estate buildings such as gatepiers in garden, North Lodge | | May 1854 | | | Date of drawings for stables | | 1921 | | | Fire damage | | After 1921 | | | Restoration after fire, pavilion roofs removed and interior left incomplete | | 2009 | | Alteration/conversion | S range re-fitted as self-contained flat |
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 | | William Welsh | | J | 1555 | | Building doubled in size. | | John Hutton | | K | 1555 | | Building doubled in size. | | (Sir) William Bruce | | J | 1698 | | Scheme for enlargement - with Alexander Edward | | Alexander Edward | | J | 1698 | | Scheme for enlargement - as assistant to Bruce | | James Playfair | | H | 1779 | 1793 | Major remodelling | | David Bryce | | A | 1853 | 1862 | Reconstruction, with new stables, gatepiers in garden and North gate lodge | | Andrew Kidd | | A | 1854(?) | 1862 | Acted as David Bryce's Clerk of Works for new portion of the castle | | James Brown Nicol | | B | After 1921 | | Restoration after fire, pavilion roofs removed and interior left incomplete | | Kelly & Nicol | | B | After 1921 | | Restoration after fire | | William Kelly | | B | After 1921 | | Restoration after fire | | Anta | | F | 2009 | | S range re-fitted as self-contained flat | | Lachlan Stewart | | F | 2009 | | S range re-fitted as self-contained flat |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Carnegie, Sir David, Bart. | Client for Playfair work | | Carnegie, Sir James Bt, later the 7th Earl of Southesk | For Bryce work | | Southesk, 4th Earl of | Client for unexecuted scheme for enlargement |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Brechin guide | 1884 | Guide to Brechin | | | | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Forfarshire Illustrated | 1848 | Forfarshire Illustrated | | | Edition quoted in Colvin is 1843. Page 86 | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p551-558 | | Gow, Ian and Rowan, Alistair | 1995 | Scottish Country Houses | | | Chapter by J G Dunbar entitled 'Two late 17th century designs for Kinnaird Castle' | | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | | | RSA | 1855 | | | | 601 | | RSA | 1863 | | | | 349 | | RSA | 1880 | | | | 458 (Diploma work) | | Simpson, W Douglas | | A tribute offered by the University of Aberdeen to the memory of William Kelly LLD ARSA | | | p7 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 26 April 1856 | XIV | | p230 | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce, listed as 'Kincaid' |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 5020 | North lodge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 11508 | House | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 11509 | Gate etc | | Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, Angus | Kinnaird Castle Archive | | Accounts, specifications and drawings | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | Copies of Kinnaird Castle drawings AND 37-43, 48-49, 81-82 | | Philips, Knox and Arthur, QS Edinburgh | Bill of Quantities | | Prepared by Brown and Lawrence | | Soane Museum | Soane Museum Collection | | Colvin is unclear as to whether they are still in this collection. 'Drawings in Soane portfolio exhintied at RA 1791'. |
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