Basic Site Details Name: | Lennoxlove | Town, district or village: | Lennoxlove | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Lethington | | Original name |
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 | | 1673 | 1677 | Alterations and additions | Including new stable block | | 1903 | | | Survey | | 1911 | 1914 | | Alterations, including work on outhouses etc | | 1912 | | | Restoration and remodelling of front door of east wing, 'Duchess of Lennox's room' and new fireplace in hall, gates, including gateway to formal garden and gate piers | | 1923 | 1825 | Alterations and additions | Minor alterations to tower and roof | | 1933 | 1934 | | Alterations |
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 | | (Sir) William Bruce | | E | 1673 | 1674 | Alterations, including new stable block | | (Sir) William Bruce | | F | 1676 | 1677 | Alterations, including new stable block | | William Burn | | D | 1823 | 1825 | Minor alterations to tower and roof | | John Farquharson | | | 1903 | | Survey | | Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson | | A | 1911 | 1914 | Alterations, including work on outhouses, including coachhouse etc | | James Alexander Arnott | | A | 1911 | 1914 | Alterations, including work on outhouses, including coachhouse etc | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | A | 1911 | 1914 | Alterations, including work on outhouses, including coachhouse etc | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1912 | | Restoration and remodelling of front door of east wing, 'Duchess of Lennox's room' and new fireplace in hall, gates and gate piers | | George Sinclair | | | 1918 | 1923 | Unspecified estate work | | Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott | | B | 1933 | 1934 | Alterations | | Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson | | B | 1933 | 1934 | Alterations | | James Alexander Arnott | | B | 1933 | 1934 | Alterations |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Baird, Major W A | Client for 1912 restoration work and 1918-23 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Baker, Sonia | 2009 | The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian | | Stenlake, Catrine | pp 49-51 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Dunbar, John G | 1975 | The Building Activities of the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale, 1670-82 | | Archaeological Journal, cxxxii | | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p280 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p176 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1923 | | | | estate work by George Sinclair |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 43548 | Gateway to formal garden | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10814 | House | | Lennoxlove | Hamilton Drawings | | Original drawings. Also drawings for alterations by William Burn. Photographic copies in NMRS. | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR L/17 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1900/14/1-10 |
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