Basic Site Details Name: | Rowallan Castle and Rowallan House | Town, district or village: | Kilmaurs | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Woodwork in Upper Stair Hall by Nathaniel Grieve. Carved work by some of Lorimer#'s usual carftsmen including William Beveridge and William Stoddart. Plasterwork by Sam Wilson in drawing room, bedrooms etc | 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 |  | 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. |
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 |  | 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 |
ClientsThe 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 | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 ReferencesThe 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 |
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