Basic Site Details Name: | Formakin | Town, district or village: | Bishopton | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Lodge etc, bothy block are B Listed | 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 | | 1907 | 1911 | | Drawings dated | | 1908 | | | House. Lodges, bothy, garden, landscaped grounds and mill and farm buildings remodelled | | 1912 | 1915 | Restoration | Restoration of old meal mill |
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 | | A | 1908 | | House. Lodges, bothy, garden, landscaped grounds and mill and farm buildings remodelled | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | B | 1912 | 1915 | Restoration of old meal mill | | James Grieve | | B | 1912 | 1915 | Restoration of old meal mill - as clerk of works to Lorimer |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Holms, John A | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p162 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p175 | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p106 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Herald, The | 22 May 2013 | | | Scotland's Homes section |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10903 | House | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10904 | Gateway and lodge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10905 | Bothy block | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 12380 | Old Meal Mill, adjoning bothy block (B Listed) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | RED 37/1--60 (within this range). | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR F/1/1-10 |
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