Basic Site Details Name: | Torosay House | Town, district or village: | Craignure | Island: | Mull | City or county: | Argyll | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Torosay | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Achnacroish | | As exhibited in RSA | | Torosay Castle | | | | Torresay Castle | | As listed in Builder obituary |
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 | | 1856 | | | | | 1897 | 1906 | | Garden terraces |
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 | | David Bryce | | | 1856 | | | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | B | 1897 | | Terraced gardens (attributed) | | Walter Murray Guthrie | | B | 1897 | 1906 | Terraced gardens - planning and execution largely by Guthrie, although attributed to Lorimer |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Campbell, Colonel of Possill | | | Guthrie, Walter Murray | Owner in the 1890s |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Fiddes, Valerie and Rowan, Alistair | 1976 | David Bryce 1803-1876 | | Exhibition Catalogue, University of Edinburgh | p130 | | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | | | RSA | 1858 | | | | 743. Exhibited as Achnocroich | | Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp588-9 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce, listed as 'Torresay Castle for Mr J Campbell' |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17975 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17929 | Terraced garden and statue walk |
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