Basic Site Details
| Name: | Skirling House |
| Town, district or village: | Skirling |
| City or county: | Peeblesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
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| Notes: | The supports of the garden sundials are also by Ramsay Traquair. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Country House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1906 | Design only - not executed | ||
| 1907 | Plans dated (Lorimer scheme) | ||
| 1908 | Reconstruction - superseded the Lorimer scheme | ||
| 1908 | Design exhibited | Traquair scheme for reconstruction | |
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 | |
| (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | 1906 | Design only - not executed | |||
| Ramsay Traquair | 1908 | Appointed for work of reconstruction | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Carmichael, Sir T Gibson | aka Lord Carmichael of Skirling |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Academy Architecture | 1908 | part 2 | p71 (Traquair) | ||
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp 63 & 686-7 | |
| RSA | 1908 | 402 (Traquair) | |||
| Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p174 | |
| Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | p253 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Gladstone Court Museum, Biggar | Plans | Construction quotation proposal drawings dated 1904 (Ramsay Traquair scheme) | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 15188 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | LOR S/44 | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Additional information from Bob Hunter, Skirling House. | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Ramsay Traquair: F v24 no1745 | |