Basic Site Details Name: | Stirches House | Town, district or village: | Hawick | City or county: | Roxburghshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Original house built 1503 and remodelled 1686.
Cost of 1900-02 alterations and stables: £20,000. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | RC Home for Ladies, St Andrew's Convent | Yes | Since 1926 |
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 | | 1899 | | | Job begun | | 1900 | 1904 | | Alterations including renewal of most of the interior, stables and lodge |
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 | | James Pearson Alison | | A | 1899 | 1904 | Alterations including renewal of most of the interior, stables and lodge | | Alexander Inglis | | A | 1900 | 1901 | Alterations including renewal of most of the interior, stables and lodge - as assistant to J P Alison |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blenkhorn, J Farrar | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1902 | | part 1 | | p91; plans p89 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1902 | | | | 554 | | Scott, Frank | 1986 | J P Alison Architect | | Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society, pp24-25 | p26, 29 | | Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | p152 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Pearson Alison: F v18 p145 no1346 (microfilm reel 12); Alexander Inglis: L v18 no1363 |
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