Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Country House

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1869			Proposed additions to old castle by Joyce - not built
	July 1896			Rebuilding and additions -'proposed addition to old Scots mansion' (plans dated)
	1899		Design exhibited	Restoration proposals?
	1902	1906		New mansion house, lodge, stable court, barn mill, cottages and garden layout with pavilion and gardeners cottage. Fittings in house.

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	Nicholas Joyce	Architect	B	1869		Proposed additions to old castle - not built
	James McLellan Fairley	Architect	A	1896		Rebuilding and additions -'proposed addition to old Scots mansion' - not executed
	Leadbetter & Fairley	Architectural practice	A	1896		Rebuilding and additions -'proposed addition to old Scots mansion' - not executed
	Thomas Greenshields Leadbetter	Architect	A	1896		Rebuilding and additions -'proposed addition to old Scots mansion' - not executed
	Conner & Mitchell	Architectural practice	C	1899		Design exhibited - restoration proposals? - under Mitchell's name alone
	Henry Mitchell	Architect	C	1899		Design exhibited - restoration proposals?
	(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer	Architect	D	1902	1906	New mansion house with lodge, stable court, barn millcottages and garden layout with pavilion and gardeners cottage. Also internal alterations? (see plans)
	Boyd & Forrest	Builder, Contractor	D	1902	1906	contractor for Lorimer work
	Robert Boyd	Architect	D	1902	1906	Contractor for Lorimer work
	____Forrest	Builder, Contractor	D	1902	1906	Contractor for Lorimer work
	Scott Morton & Co (later Scott Morton & Tynecastle Co Ltd; finally Scott Morton Ltd)	Architectural practice	G	c. 1902	c. 1906	Fitting in Library and elsewhere in house

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Corbett, M A Cameron, MP	Client for 1902 work (he was later Lord Rowallan)
	Loudoun, Earl of

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Academy Architecture	1898		part 1		p57
	Close, Rob and Riches, Anne	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p593-7
	Pride, Glen L	1999	The Kingdom of Fife	2nd Edition	The Rutland Press	p162
	Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts	1899				758 (Mitchell)
	Savage, Peter	1980	Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers		Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)	p173

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	12524
	National Library of Scotland	Drawings Collection??		Acc No 6688 (3 drawings)
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Drawings Collection		Original plans dated 1896, (AYD 58/24-32). Also copies of proposed 1896 addition
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Lorimer and Matthew Collection		LOR R/7, LOR R/8, LOR R/9 ( Drawings dated 1902 & 1903)
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		Robert Stodart Lorimer: F v17 p35 no1114 (microfilm reel 12)
	Rowallan Castle	Rowallan Castle Archives		Original drawings of proposed 1869 addition