Basic Site Details Name: | The Red House | Town, district or village: | Ayr | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | What is shown in Academy Architecture is not what was built. Tudor Jacobethan scheme subsequently modified.
This drawing shows the seaward addition first proposed to be made to Red House. The new dining-room and billiard-room, with bedrooms over, were planned for the purpose of securing on the west a greater sea view; and on the south to open up in part the Carrick range of hills. The new wing would have been connected to the offices and older portion of the house by a service lobby and a wide corridor, the latter, with its garden entrance, forming the north side of the bulb garden. Continuing westward is a range of successive lawns and gardens, following the line of a broad central turf walk and divided from one another by walls or hedges. The garden has been laid out, but, in place of the extension here shown, the additions were made to the south side of the main house. The architect is Mr. James A. Morris, of Ayr, and the drawing was exhibited last year in the Royal Academy. [Building News 6 January 1899 p7] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Savoy Park Hotel | Yes | Current name |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 16, Racecourse Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1884 | 1886 | | | | 1898 | 1899 | | Addition and gardens | | 1906 | 1909 | | Additions | | 1929 | | Design exhibited | Proposed addition |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Orr-Ewing, C L - MP | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1898 | | part 1 | | p47 | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | P155 | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p122, 155 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p28 | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | p367 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1899 | | | | 697 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1929 | | | | 198 | | RSA | 1898 | | | | 561 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 6 January 1899 | | | p7 and illustration |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 21744 | | | J & J A Carrick | Handlist of works by James Carrick (copy in possession of DMW) | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Hamilton Scott: L v20 no1574 |
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