Basic Site Details Name: | Gosford House | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Mansion house | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1791 | c. 1800 | Build/construction | Stables built in c. 1790 | | 1800 | | Design exhibited | Drawing of west front exhibited at Royal Academy | | Before 1800 | | Build/construction | Landscape designer | | c. 1810 | | Destruction/demolition | Wings demolished. | | c. 1810 | | Plans drawn up | Robert Reid drew up scheme for rebuilding. Not extecuted | | April 1821 | June 1821 | | Unexecuted proposals for alterations and additions | | 1886 | 1890 | | Reconstruction and new wings | | 1886 | 1895 | Design exhibited | | | 1895 | | Design exhibited | Stairhall as completed | | c. 1940 | | | Central block gutted | | c. 1950 | | | North wing unroofed | | 1951 | | Reconstruction | South wing rehabilitated. |
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 | | Robert Adam | | C | 1791 | c. 1800 | Buildings of Scotland puts start date at 1790. Also notes stables said to be done by Adam c. 1790 | | Thomas Harrison | | B | 1794 | 1798 | Works. In 1793 Lord Wemyss paid a draughtsman 5 guineas for copying 'some of Mr Harrison's plans' and in 1794 he paid Harrison £31 10s for alteration Robert Adam's plans for Gosford House which was under construction since 1791. | | A Tod | | F | 1800 | | Drawing of west front | | James Ramsay | | D | Before 1800 | | Employed as landscape designer | | Robert Reid | | E | c. 1810 | | Design for rebuilding | | (Sir) Robert Smirke | | | 1821 | | Unexecuted proposals for alterations and additions | | Henry Denison Walton | | A | 1886 | 1890 | Reconstruction and new wings - as assistant to William Young | | William Young | | A | 1886 | 1890 | Reconstruction and new wings |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Charteris, Francis, titular Earl of Wemyss | Client for Robert Adam building | | Wemyss, 6th Earl of | Smirke & Billings work | | Wemyss, 7th Earl of | | | Wemyss, 9th Earl of | Young work |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Gosford House, north and west lodges | West lodge is A listed and north lodges B listed |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1895 | | | | p35 | | Baker, Sonia | 2009 | The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian | | Stenlake, Catrine | pp 36-7 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | Information about Ramsay per Professor A A Tait | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1886, no 1716 (staircase); 1892, no 1790 ('Gosford'); 1895, no 1595 (hall) | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp 222, 224 | | Richardson, G | 1802 | New Vitruvius Britannicus | I & II | | volume 1, plates 43-50 | | Royal Academy | 1800 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 12 August 1887 | | | | | Building News | 12 September 1892 | | | | | Country Life | 21 October 1971 | | | p1050 | | Country Life | 4 November 1971 | | | | | Trans… of the Edinburgh Architectural Association | | v1 | Edinburgh: Edinburgh Architectural Association | p120-124 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6533 | Gosford House with Screen Walls and Garden Statuary | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Henry Denison Walton: L v21 no1653; William Young: F v10 p75 (microfiche 108/E2) | | Wemyss Estate, Gosford | Plans Collection | | Robert Smirke: unexecuted proposals for alterations and additions. (Also many other plans and drawings) |
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