Basic Site Details Name: | Luffness House | Town, district or village: | Drem | 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 |  | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1803 | | Addition | |  | 1825 | | | Kitchen, water tower etc |  | 1841 | | | West front - demolished 1959 |  | 1846 | 1849 | | Manorial west wing by Bryce |  | 1874 | | | Further additions by Bryce |  | 1891 | | | Saloon by D and J Bryce |  | 1906 | 1907 | | Billiard room addition |  | 1967 | | | Bryce's west wing demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Hope, General Alexander | Client for 1820s addition |  | Hope, General Sir Alexander | Kitchen |  | Hope, General Sir Alexander | Client for 1803 addition |  | Hope, George William | West front - demolished 1959 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Baker, Sonia | 2009 | The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian | | Stenlake, Catrine | pp 53-4 |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp318-19 |  | Small, J | 1883 | Castles and Mansions of the Lothians | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Dumfries & Galloway Council | James Barbour drawings, Sutherland Dickie & Copland Archive (many not traced, 2010) | | 156 and 452 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6551 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6562 | Water tower |  | Luffness House | Drawings | | May be in NAS now? |  | NAS | SC Archives (Sc) | SC 40/67/3, f.192 | |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 97911 | Also 97907, 97915, 97923, 97926-97930, 98064-98067 |
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