Basic Site Details Name: | Stobo Castle | City or county: | Peeblesshire | 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 | | 1805 | 1811 | | Original house | | 1845 | | | Alterations | | 1849 | | | Porte-cochere | | 1907 | 1908 | | Terraces, stairs, summer house and alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Graham-Montgomery, Sir Graham | Client for alterations and porte-cochere, 1845 and 1849 | | Montgomery, Sir James, Bart | | | Philipson, Hylton | Client for alterations c.1907 (owner from 1905) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Chambers, William | 1864 | History of Peebleshire | | | p438-9 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp 701-4 | | RCAHMS | | Peeblesshire Inventory | | | ii, pp308-9 | | Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | p245 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 15379 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1900/105/1 |
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