Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cour House and estate buildings |
| City or county: | Argyll |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | Saddell and Skipness |
| Status: | A listed |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1919 | Clifford drawings dated - for house and farm manager's house | ||
| c. 1919 | 1922 | House, power house and cottages | |
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 | |
| Clifford & Lunan | A | 1919 | Commenced job - house and farm manager's house | ||
| Henry Edward Clifford | A | 1919 | Commenced job - house and farm manager's house | ||
| Thomas Melville Lunan | A | 1919 | Commenced job - house and farm manager's house | ||
| Oliver Falvey Hill | 1921 | 1922 | Took over from Clifford to complete house, power house and cottages | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Gray, J B, Mr - ship owner | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Academy Architecture | 1922 | Volume 54 | pp49-63 | ||
| Benjamin Tindall Architects | 2009 | Condition Report | |||
| Clifford, William Henry Morton | 1986 | Recollections about my father | Typescript, per Iain D Paterson, in DMW archive | p8 | |
| Powers, Alan | 1989 | Oliver Hill, architect and lover of life 1887-1968 | p9 | ||
| RSA | 1921 | 540, 544, 583 | |||
| RSA | 1923 | 488 | |||
| Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | pp200-1 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect | 1922 | CVII | p310 | |
| Architectural Review | 1928 | LXIV (Jul-Dec) | pp314-315 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18360 | "Information courtesy of H Nickerson, re material found by Alan Powers at RIBA on original commission". |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | Drawings dated 1919 | |