Basic Site Details Name: | Brackenburgh | Town, district or village: | Calthwaite | City or county: | Cumberland | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The design incorporated a house of 1852 and pele tower. North wing since demolished. See also St John Plumpton (separate entry) by Lorimer for the same client. | 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 | | 1901 | | | House, garden layout, lodge, cottages, stable and farm buildings | | 1911 | | Design exhibited | |
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 | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1901 | | House, garden layout, lodge, cottages, stable and farm buildings |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Harris, Joseph | Colliery owner |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RSA | 1911 | | | | 427 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p173 | | Sparrow, W Shaw | 1906 | The Modern Home: A Book of British Domestic Architecture fior Moderate Incomes | | | p116 - photograph of the Oak Hall |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR XSD/9, LOR B/38 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Robert Stodart Lorimer: F v17 p35 no1114 (microfilm reel 12) |
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