Basic Site Details Name: | Arniston House | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Borthwick | 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 | | 1726 | 1732 | Build/construction | | | 1726 | | Build/construction | William Adam largely carried out plans made for grounds | | 1754 | 1758 | Addition | Dining room and drawing room on west side. ('Buildings of Scotland' gives 1753) | | 1866 | 1868 | | New library | | 1872 | | | Porch and other alterations | | Late 1800s | | | North pediment rebuilt |
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 | | William Adam | | F | 1726 | 1732 | | | John Adam | | D | 1754 | 1758 | Dining room and drawings rooms on west side (Building of scotland gives date as 1753) | | Brown & Wardrop | | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden | | James Maitland Wardrop | | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden | | Thomas Brown II | | B | 1866 | 1868 | New library - with Adam Lumsden | | Brown & Wardrop | | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations | | James Maitland Wardrop | | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations | | Thomas Brown II | | A | 1872 | | Porch and other alterations | | Charles Reid | | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys | | James Maitland Wardrop | | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys | | Wardrop & Reid | | C | 1877 | | Alterations to north elevation - raising of links between central part and pavilions to 2 storeys | | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | | | Late 1800s | | North pediment rebuilt |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Dundas, Robert, later Lord Arniston | Client for William Adam work nand John Adam 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 | | Arniston House, Sundial | ANCIENT SUNDIALS OF SCOTLAND -Proceedings of the Society, Thomas Ross (January 13, 1890) pp102-104.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plates 39-44 | | Cosh, Mary | 1984 | The Adam Family and Arniston | | Architectural History, 27 | | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp 79-80, 82 | | Tait, A A | 1969 | William Adam and Sir John Clerk: Arniston and the Country Seat | | Burlington Magazine, March 1969 | | | Thomas, Jane | 1995 | Midlothian: an illustrated architectural guide | | Edinburgh, The Rutland Press | pp97-99 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architectural Heritage | 2004 | XV | | Article by Pat Wigston 'The ...John Adam Dining Room at Arniston House'. | | Country Life | 15 August 1925 | | | | | Country Life | 22 August 1925 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 808 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Drawings and photos |
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