Basic Site Details Name: | Coulport House | Town, district or village: | Loch Long | City or county: | Argyll | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for Kibble Palace in Glasgow Botanic Garden, originally built as a conservatory for Coulport House and floated up the Kelvin on a raft to reopen in greatly enlarged form as The Art Palace in May 1873. | 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 | | 1861 | 1866 | | |
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 | | Boucher & Cousland | | A | 1861 | 1869 | | | James Boucher | | A | 1861 | 1868 | | | James Cousland | | A | 1861 | 1869 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Kibble, John | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Glasgow Botanic Garden, Kibble Palace | Originally designed and built as the conservatory for Coulport House, Loch Long, Argyll (see separate entry), and subsequently moved to Glasgow Botanic Garden in 1872.
Personal information from Cousland family per Alfred G Lochhead. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Curtis, Eric | | Kibble Palace | | | | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1861 | | | | 796 | | Reeve, Richard | 2005 | A Victorian Burgh: the story of Cove and Kilcreggan | | | p135-142 (early photos) | | Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p199 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p305 |
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