Basic Site Details

Name: Rammerscales House
City or county: Dumfriesshire
Country: Scotland
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Status: A Listed
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Country House  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 61768  Original building
Item 2 of 61867  Internal alterations
Item 3 of 6Mid 1800s  Internal alterations - dates unknown
Item 4 of 6c. 1920c. 1929 Heating and other alterations to hosue and alterations to cottages
Item 5 of 61938  Rear service rooms altered
Item 6 of 61963 Alterations and additions 

People

Design and Construction

The 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 7James Barbour  1867 internal alterations
Item 2 of 7John Starforth  Mid 1800s internal alterations - dates unknown
Item 3 of 7James McLellan Fairley Ac. 1920c. 1927Heating and other alterations to house and alterations to cottages
Item 4 of 7Leadbetter, Fairley & Reid Ac. 1920c. 1927Heating and other alterations to house and alterations to cottages
Item 5 of 7Robert Stirling Reid Ac. 1920c. 1927Heating and other alterations to house and alterations to cottages
Item 6 of 7Matthew Purdon Smith  1938 Rear service rooms altered
Item 7 of 7Antony Curtiss Wolffe D1963 Alterations

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Dundee Advertiser27 March 1893   

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 8Dumfries & Galloway CouncilJames Barbour drawings, Sutherland Dickie & Copland Archive (many not traced, 2010) 1120
Item 2 of 8Dumfries ArchivesAntony Curtiss Wolffe drawings (handlist in RCAHMS) File 1963, no 17/63
Item 3 of 8Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register3378 
Item 4 of 8National Archives of Scotland (www.nas.gov.uk)National Register of Archives 1837/7
Item 5 of 8National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSCowie and Seaton Collection CSE 1920/87/1 and 1920/88/1
Item 6 of 8National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSDrawings Collection Copy of 1938 plan
Item 7 of 8Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandCanmore66127Rammerscales House
Item 8 of 8Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandCanmore211723Rammerscales House, Cottages