Basic Site Details Name: | Innes House | Town, district or village: | Elgin | City or county: | Morayshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Urquhart | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Built for Sir Robert Innes of Innes. Bought by James Duff, 2nd Earl of Fife, 1767. Bought by Mr Frank Tennant, circa 1910. On 4 September 1640 payment made to "William Aitoun, Maister Maison at Heriott his work, for drawing the form an the house in paper $26.13.4 Scots." The executant master mason was William Ross. | 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 | | 1640 | 1653 | Build/construction | Probably remodelling of 15th century house, and scale and platt stair. | | 1767 | | Alterations and additions | Drawings made for proposed alterations. Georgian wings designed? | | 1768 | 1769 | Addition | Service wings - later removed | | 1786 | 1789 | Addition | D shaped porch - subsequently removed | | c. 1825 | | Addition | 3-storey canted bay window with crenellated parapet at W elevation of towerhouse | | c. 1830 | | Alterations and additions(?) | Further alterations - including coachhouse and stables. | | After 1857 | | Addition | Courtyard at rear added | | c. 1860 | | Destruction/demolition | Wings demolished | | 1912 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing. | | 1914 | 1916 | Alterations and additions | North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north. | | 1916 | | | Garden layout | | 1918 | | | Shrine in north wall of garden and garden |
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 | | William Aytoun | | G | 1640 | 1653 | Probably remodelling of 15th century house | | William Ross | | H | Early 1600s | | | | William Donn | | C | 1767 | | Drawings made for proposed alterations. May have designed the Geoirgian wings as well. | | James Robertson | | J | 1768 | 1769 | Added service wings (later removed) | | James Robertson | | K | 1786 | 1789 | D shaped porch added and later removed | | William Robertson | | | c. 1830 | | Some alteration work - including coachhouse and stables | | George James Walker | | B | 1912 | | Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing. | | Walker & Duncan | | B | 1912 | | Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing. | | William Dalton Ironside | | B | 1912 | | Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing. | | James Crane Cruickshank | | D | 1914 | 1916 | North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north. | | Walker & Duncan | | D | 1914 | 1916 | North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north. | | William Dalton Ironside | | D | 1914 | 1916 | North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north. | | James Crane Cruickshank | | A | 1916 | | Garden layout | | Walker & Duncan | | A | 1916 | | Garden layout | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1918 | | Shrine in north wall of garden and garden |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Fife, 4th Earl of | Client for stables etc of 1830 | | Tennant, F J | Client for work 1912 ansd thereafter |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | volume ii, p203 | | Rowan, A | 1976 | Innes House, Morayshire | | Country Life 4 November 1976 pp1268-9 | | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p177 | | Tayler, S & H (eds) | 1925 | Lord Fife and his Factor | | | p42 | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp442, 447, 658, 660-1 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 4 November 1976 | | | Illustrations on Georgeian wings | | Elgin Courier | 19 February 1830 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 14862 | House | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 14864 | Coach house and stables | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 14863 | Garden | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Original drawings for 1912 & 1916 work | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR I/4 |
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