Basic Site Details Name: | Colstoun House | Town, district or village: | Haddington (near) | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | 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 |  | 1902 | 1903 | | Alterations and additions |  | 1903 | | | Alterations - new smoking room |  | 17 May 1907 | | Damage | Burnt |  | Late 1907 | | | Reconstruction after fire, retaining Lorimer's work |
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 |  | George Washington Browne | Architect | A | 1902 | 1903 | Alterations and additions |  | John More Dick Peddie | Architect | A | 1902 | 1903 | Alterations and additions |  | Peddie & Washington Browne | Architectural practice | A | 1902 | 1903 | Alterations and additions |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | | 1903 | | Alterations - new smoking room |  | John More Dick Peddie | Architect | B | 1907 | | Reconstruction after fire, retaining Lorimer's work |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Baird, J G A, MP | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Baker, Sonia | 2009 | The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian | | Stenlake, Catrine | pp 23-4 |  | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp141-142 |  | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p174 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1900/54/1/2-11 (for 1902-3 work) and DPM 1900/54/4 for 1907 work |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR C/19 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Robert Stodart Lorimer: F v17 p35 no1114 (microfilm reel 12) |
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