Basic Site Details Name: | Whittingehame House | Town, district or village: | Whittingehame | 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 | | Whittinghame | Yes | |
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 | | 1817 | | | House and probably stables and lodges | | 1827 | | Alterations and additions | | | 1837 | | Build/construction | Gothic monument in old burial ground to Hay family | | 1885 | | | Survey drawings of old work | | 1896 | | | Additions - glazed first floor, pentice-roofed corridor by service court | | 1899 | | Alteration/conversion | Dining room remodelled with woodwork and plasterwork extecuted by Laurence Turner: the overmantel by Alexander Fisher, 1900, is now in the National Museums. Cost of works £1,171. | | 1900 | 1902 | Alterations and additions | New porch enclosing and extending existing portico - by Eustace in consultation with Sir Robert Lorimer | | c. 1903 | | Alterations and additions | Drawing room, music room and study remoddelled mainly furnishing, William de Morgan tiles in study: new bathrooms, attic rooms for servants. | | 1905 | | Build/construction | Temple in grounds | | 1909 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations and improvements to terraces. | | 1910 | | | Alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Balfour, Earl of | for 1918-23 work | | Balfour, Eustace | Client for survey of 1885 | | Balfour, James | Client for William Burn work | | Hay, Robert | Client for Bonomi monument |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Harris, Paul | 1989 | The Story of A J Balfour and Whittinghame House | | | pp71-85 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp469-71 | | 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 | 17485 | House - category A | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17490 | West Lodge - Category A | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17499 | Stables - Category B | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | | Balfour of Whittingehame GD 433 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | L5/14/1-2 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Murray: L v10 no587 (microfilm reel 32) |
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