Basic Site Details Name: | Buchanan Castle | Town, district or village: | Drymen | City or county: | Stirlingshire/Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Scottish vernacular style | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Buchanan House | | |  | Castle House | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Castle | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | c. 1741(?) | | Plans drawn up | Unexecuted. |  | 1751 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations to house and gardens |  | 1789 | | Addition | House enlarged |  | 1837 | | | Unexecuted plans for transformation of existing house into Italianate palazzo |  | 1851 | 1852 | | New houses designed |  | 1854 | 1858 | | New house built |  | Before 1929 | | | Estate work |  | 1954 | | Design exhibited | Gutted |
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 | Architect | A | c. 1741 | | |  | John Adam | Architect | D | 1751 | | Alterations to house and gardens |  | James Playfair | Architect | C | 1789 | | House enlarged |  | (Sir) Charles Barry | Architect | | 1837 | | Drew up plans for transforming existing house into Italianate palazzo - not executed |  | William Burn | Architect | B | 1854 | 1858 | New house. |  | Charles Henry Greig | Architect | | Before 1929 | | Estate work |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Graham, Lord, afterwards 3rd Duke of Montrose | Client for Playfair work |  | Montrose, 1st Duke of | Client for William Adam scheme for Buchanan House |  | Montrose, 2nd Duke of | Client for John Adam work |  | Montrose, 4th Duke of | Client for William Burn house |  | Montrose, Duke of | for pre-1929 estate work |
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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 135-6 |  | Blisset, David | | Veneerer-in-chief to the Nobility: Sir Charles Barry's Country Houses | | Airs, M (ed): The Victorian Great House | p61 |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p290 |  | Girouard, Mark | 1979 | The Victorian Country House | | | p23 |  | Neale | 1818 | Views of Seats | | 1st series | Volume 1 |  | Scots Peerage | | Scots Peerage | | | Volume vi, 268 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Garden History | 2014 | 42.1 | | Bradney, Jane (2014) 'The Gardens of Sir Charles Barry' pp49, 52-53 |  | RIBA Journal | 23 February 1929 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Charles Henry Greig |  | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128. List of works by Burn, compiled by T L Donaldson. |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 200/6/33 | Also GD 220/6 volume 4 - which indicates that Adam was paid £315 for 'plan and estimate for the intended buildings at Buchanan A 1741'. Also GD 220/6, volume 106. account to John Adam for drawing plans etc. |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 248/588 | Letter to the Earl of Findlater |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 6150 | 'General Plan of the House, Gardens and Parks at Buchanan as proposed for His Grace the Duke of Montrose' signed 'William Adam 1745'. |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | |
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