Basic Site Details Name: | Whitehill | Town, district or village: | Rosewell | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Carrington | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Lodge is B listed | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | St Joseph's Hospital | | |
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 | | 1839 | 1844 | | | | 1843 | | | Gardens and planting | | 1935 | | | Red brick chapel and refectory | | 1960s | | Addition | Residential and teaching block added | | 1970 | 1974 | Addition | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension |
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 | | David Bryce | | A | 1839 | 1844 | House, lodge etc | | William Burn | | A | 1839 | 1844 | House, lodge etc | | Alexander Roos | | | 1843 | | Gardens and planting | | Burn & Bryce | | A | 1844 | | House, lodge etc | | Ian G Lindsay & Partners | | D | 1960s | | Residential and teaching block added | | Ian Gordon Lindsay | | D | 1960s | | Residential and teaching block added | | John Herdman Reid | | D | 1960s | | Residential and teaching block added | | C G Andrews | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension | | G N Mackinnon | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension | | James Munce Partnership | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension | | R Simpson | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension | | T M Sutcliffe | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension | | William Gilchrist Highet | | B | 1970 | 1974 | Medical unit, sisters' residence and school extension |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Ramsay, R B Wardlaw | For Burn & Bryce and Roos work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | | Introducing Alexander Roos | | Gow, I and Rowan, A (eds): Scottish Country Houses 1600-1914, pp276-284 | p280 from Tyndall Bruce papers | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Garnier, Richard | 2006 | Alexander Roos c1810-1881 | | Georgian Society Journal, vol XV, pp11-68 | p59 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p421 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | i, 612 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Small, J | 1883 | Castles and Mansions of the Lothians | | | volume ii |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 44170 | Lodge | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Whitehill Estate Papers | | Accounts, estimtes and other papers dealing with building work etc (1839-47), NRA(S) Section 2 (Title Deeds), 8G(1) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | |
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