Basic Site Details Name: | Duncow House | City or county: | Dumfriesshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | DUNCOW, DUMFRIESSHIRE, SCOTLAND. - For the various works required in the erection of a mansion house for James Heron, Esq, of Duncow. Plans, etc, at the office of Alexander Crombie, architect. High-street, Dumfries. Tenders either for the whole in one sum or separately to April 4.[ Building News 16 March 1860 p216 ] | 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 | | 1859 | 1860 | | House, stables and lodge |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Heron, James | of Duncow |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | | | Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p284 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 16 March 1860 | | | p216 - contracts
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Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information on involvement of Scott Morton & Co |
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