Basic Site Details Name: | Falkland Palace | Town, district or village: | Falkland | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | 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 | | | | | Restoration of chapel (not executed?) | | | | Alteration/conversion | Conversion of part of the Palace into private quarters for Major Crichton Stuart. | | 1538 | 1539 | Build/construction | South quarter/south front | | 1699 | | Plans drawn up | Drawings made | | After 1887 | | | Excavation, restoration, consolidation and re-decoration begun (chapel and domestic buildings) | | 1889 | 1890 | | Frame measured palace with a view to its restoration | | c. 1890 | | | Restoration of cross house and wall enclosing palace garden and stables. Palace Walk and gates etc | | 1904 | | | Chapel: altar, retable, footpace and credence table (made by Millar) | | 1906 | | | Chapel: tapestries hung | | 1956 | | | Alterations to first floor room of cross-house; also decoration of King James V room |
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 | | John Houston | | | | | Restoration of chapel | | (Sir) Harry Anthony Wheeler (or simply Sir Anthony Wheeler) | | F | | | Conversion of part of the Palace into private quarters for Major Crichton Stuart. | | Frank Sproson | | F | | | Conversion of part of the Palace into private quarters for Major Crichton Stuart. | | Wheeler & Sproson | | F | | | Conversion of part of the Palace into private quarters for Major Crichton Stuart. | | James Black | | S | 1538 | 1539 | South quarter/south front | | Alexander Edward | | G | 1699 | | Made a 'draught of the Low palace at Falkland'. | | John Kinross | | A | After 1887 | | Excavation, restoration, consolidation and re-decoration begun (chapel and domestic buildings) | | William Frame | | | 1889 | 1890 | Palace measurement with a view to restoration | | Hamilton More Nisbett | | A|B | After 1889 | Before 1896 | Restoration - as apprentice/assistant to John Kinross | | David Storrar | | H | 1890 | | Palace Walk, gates etc | | John Kinross | | B | c. 1891 | | Restoration of cross house and walls enclosing palace garden and stables. Restoration ot real tennis court. Also restoration of chapel, Campbell Smith executed work. | | Robert Weir Schultz | | C | 1895 * | | Unspecified work | | William McClelland | | C | 1895 | | Unspecified work - as draughtsman to R W Schultz | | Robert Weir Schultz | | D | 1904 | 1906 | Chapel: altar, retable, footpace, credence table, and hanging of tapestries | | Walter Schomberg Hepburne Scott | | | 1956 | | Alterations to first floor room of cross-house; also decoration of King James V room |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Atholl, 2nd Marquess | Herediatry keeper of the Palace and cleint for the Alexander Edward work. | | Bute, 3rd Marquess of | Client for Kinross work | | Crichton-Stuart, Lord Ninian | Client for Robert Weir Schultz work | | Crichton-Stuart, Major Michael | Client for restoration of chapel and other work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Edinburgh Architectural Association | 1907 | Edinburgh Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue | | Edinburgh | | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p214-5, 225 (also p216 for Schomberg Scott work) | | Hannah, Rosemary | 2021 | The Grand Designer: Third Marquis of Bute | | Birlinn | p294, 304 | | Kinross, John | | Notes on the Palace and Castle of Falkland 1892-1898 | | | | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p86 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | pp25 & 32 | | Taylor, Kristina and Peel, Robert | 1021 | Passion, plants and patronage: 300 years of Bute Family Landscapes | | Artifice Books | p128 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Quarterly | August 1953 | no 93 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | p39 (Restoration of chapel) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Charter Room, Blair Castle Archives | Drawings and Manuscripts Collection | Box 41, iv, 3 | | | Courtesy of Frank Sproson | Correspondence with Yvonne Hillyard, 2011 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 8798 | | | Mount Stuart | Bute Archives | | Letter books 1904-08 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Hamilton More Nisbett: L v19 no1485 |
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