Basic Site Details Name: | Cowden Castle | Town, district or village: | Muckart | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1893 additions: £2,051. Cost of 1875 alterations: £2,857. | 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 |  | c. 1830 | | | Unspecified work |  | 1875 | | | Alterations |  | 1893 | | | Additions, £2051. |  | 1907 | | Design exhibited | Alterations and additions (including picture gallery) |  | After 1911 | 1921 | | Alterations on estate buildings and cottages |
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 |  | William Stirling I | Architect | E | c. 1830 | | Unspecified work |  | William Stirling II | Architect | E | c. 1830 | | Unspecified |  | John Honeyman | Architect | B | 1875 | | Alterations |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | A | 1893 | | Additions |  | John Keppie | Architect | A | 1893 | | Additions |  | Cousin, Ormiston & Taylor | Architectural practice | C | c. 1906 | | Alterations and additions (including picture gallery) |  | Henry ('Harry') Ramsay Taylor | Architect | C | c. 1906 | | Alterations and additions (including picture gallery) |  | William Ormiston | Architect | C | c. 1906 | | Alterations and additions (including picture gallery) |  | George Andrew Paterson | Architect | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations on estate buildings and cottages |  | John Stewart | Architect | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations on estate buildings and cottages |  | Stewart & Paterson | Architectural practice | D | After 1911 | Before 1921 | Alterations on estate buildings and cottages |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Bruce, Miss, of Castleton | |  | Christie, John | 1893 Additions |  | Christie, Miss | H R Taylor additions |
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 | no 266 (H R Taylor) |  | RSA | 1907 | | | | 442 |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp79-81 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book for 1875 and 1893 work |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 163 and 260a |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Inventory of William Stirling | | Account of £42 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Stewart: F no1830 (microfiche reel 15); Harry Ramsay Taylor: F v18 p29 no1188 (microfilm reel 12) |
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