Basic Site Details Name: | Panmure House and ancillary estate buildings | Town, district or village: | Carnoustie | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Panbride | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | House. Stables and service court, gardener's house, Montague bridge and east gate still extant and are B Listed.
The house bore some ressemblance to Heriot's Hospital with its quadrangular plan and picturesque silhouette. | 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 | | 1666 | | Build/construction | Main house | | 1672 | | Build/construction | West Gate | | 1690s | | Alterations and additions | | | 1852 | 1855 | Build/construction | Scottish Jacobean additions and alterations and East Gates and Lodges | | 1955 | | | Blown up |
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 | | John Mylne junior | | C | 1666 | | Contracted to build house 'according to the maner forme and dimensions of the said structure and edifice designed and set down by the said John Mylne in draughts'. Work completed by Alexander Nesbit, mason in edinburgh after Mylne's death. | | (Sir) William Bruce | | B | 1672 | | West Gate | | Tobias Bachop, Bauchop or Baak | | C | 1690s | | Alterations | | David Bryce | | | 1852 | 1855 | Scottish Jacobean alterations and additions and ancillary buildings on estate (east gates and lodges) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | George, 2nd Earl of Panmure | Client for main house of 1666 | | George, Third Earl of Panmure | Client for West Gate | | Maule, Fox, 2nd Baron Panmure, later 11th Earl of Dalhousie | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | p 131 for house
p131 for original house | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p654-6 | | Gow, Ian | 2006 | Scotland's Lost Houses | | London: Aurum Press | pp 52-61 | | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | | | Millar, A H | 1890 | The Historical Castles and Mansions of Scotland: Perthshire and Forfarshire | | | | | Mylne, R S | | The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland | | | p153-4 | | RSA | 1853 | | | | 588 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce | | Building Chronicle | 1856 | II | | p66 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 49308 | Stables and service court | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18413 | Gardener's house | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18416 | Montague Bridge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18421 | East gate | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 45/18/614 | Contract between Dame Margaret Graham and Bachop regarding Kinloch House also mentions recent alterations at Panmure House. Alexander Edward, Bachop's right hand man, also involved. | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 45/18/599 and 45/18/565 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 26/6/134 | Mylne contracted to build house |
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