Basic Site Details Name: | Keir House | Town, district or village: | Dunblane | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Dunblane and Lecropt | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of tender for Jenoure work: £2,903. Final cost with amendments to scheme: £8,828. | 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 |  | 1820 | | Build/construction | Lodge and gates. |  | 1829 | 1834 | Addition | House enlarged by addition of drawing room and gallery |  | 1832 | | Build/construction | Factor's House |  | 1849 | 1850 | | Extensive alterations, including semi-elliptical bow to east front, port-cochere on north front, new entrance corridor, garden terrace & entrance archway. |  | 1863 | | | Porte-cochere heightened from 2 storeys to 3 with French pavilion roof, completing scheme by Alfred Jenoure after disagreement with client Sir William Stirling |  | 1899 | 1901 | | New dining room and smoking room and gates of old Lecropt churchyard |  | 1904 | | | Garden house |  | 1906 | | | Sundial |  | 1910 | | | Redecoration of Mrs Stirling's bedroom and sitting room |  | After 1911 | Before 1921 | | Alterations to house and estate buildings |  | 1912 | | | Chapel |
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 Hamilton | Architect | J | 1820 | | Lodge and gates |  | David Hamilton | Architect | B | 1829 | 1834 | Enlargement of house by addition of drawing room and gallery |  | Alfred Jenoure | Architect | | 1849 | 1850 | Extensive alterations, including semi-elliptical bow to east front, port-cochere on north front, new entrance corridor, garden terrace & entrance archway. |  | William Stirling II | Architect | | 1863 | | Porte-cochere heightened from 2 storeys to 3 with French pavilion roof, completing scheme by Alfred Jenoure after disagreement with client Sir William Stirling |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | A | 1899 | 1901 | New dining room and smoking room. |  | Alexander Hunter Crawford | Architect | A | 1899 | 1901 | New dining room and smoking room and gates of old Lecropt churchyard |  | Anderson Simon & Crawford | Architectural practice | A | 1899 | 1901 | New dining room and smoking room and gates of old Lecropt churchyard |  | Frank Lewis Worthington Simon | Architect | A | 1899 | 1901 | New dining room and smoking room and gates of old Lecropt churchyard |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | E | 1904 | 1906 | Garden house (building dated 1904) and sundial (dated 1906) |  | Arthur Forman Balfour Paul | Architect | E | 1904 | 1906 | Garden house (building dated 1904) and sundial (dated 1906) |  | Rowand Anderson & Paul | Architectural practice | E | 1904 | 1906 | Garden house (building dated 1904) and sundial (dated 1906) |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | B | 1910 | | Redecoration of Mrs Stirling's bedroom and sitting room |  | George Andrew Paterson | Architect | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations to house and estate buildings |  | John Stewart | Architect | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations to house and estate buildings |  | Stewart & Paterson | Architectural practice | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations to house and estate buildings |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | C | 1912 | | Chapel (mosaics by Boris Anrep). |  | Arthur Forman Balfour Paul | Architect | C | 1912 | | Chapel (mosaics by Boris Anrep) |  | Rowand Anderson & Paul | Architectural practice | C | 1912 | | Chapel (mosaics by Boris Anrep) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Stirling, Archibald | Client for 1899 work |  | Stirling, Archibald | Client for 1820 lodge and gates |  | Stirling, General | Client for 1911-21 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | Edinburgh Architectural Association | 1907 | Edinburgh Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue | | Edinburgh | no 422 (work by R R Anderson) |  | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | |  | Rowan, Alistair | 1975 | Keir House, Perthshire | 28 August | Country Life | Quotes correspondence formerly at Keir |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Country Life | 7 August 1975 | | | Article by A Rowan |  | Country Life | 14 August 1975 | | | Article by A Rowan |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3935 | House |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3936 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3916 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3922 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3969 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of drawings from Keir. Tnis includes copy of signed drawing for lodge and gates. |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Stewart: F no1830 (microfilm reel 15) |
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