Basic Site Details

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1750	1754	Build/construction	Original house
	c. 1767		Plans drawn up(?)	Survey to be made of the lands around Greenlaw for the Earl of Marchmont.
	1834	1842	Alterations and additions
	1914	1920(?)		Interior and exterior remodelling and some landscaping and glasshouses
	c. 1918			Joinery and carpenter work
	1960s		Alteration/conversion	Adaptation as Sue Ryder Home.

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
	Thomas Gibson		E	1750	1754	Colvin notes the severe character of the exterior and some distinctive features of the interior decoration - distinguishable from his Scottish contemporaries like John Adam.
	Charles Ross		A	c. 1767		Survey to be made of lands around Greenlaw for the Earl of Marchmont.
	William Burn		B	1834	1842	Alterations
	(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer			1914	1920(?)	Interior and exterior remodelling and some landscaping and glasshouses. Stable courtyard- old Coach house added and range reconstructed
	John Watherston & Sons			c. 1918		Joinery and carpenter work
	Neil McLeod		D	c. 1918		Mason work
	Neil McLeod & Sons		D	c. 1918		Mason work
	John David Louis Mylne		C	1960s(?)		Adaptation as Sue Ryder Home.

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Campbell, P Hulme, Bart.	Cleint for Burn work
	McEawan, R F	Client for 1914-20 work

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard	2006	Borders (The Buildings of Scotland)		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p520-525
	Macaulay, James	1987	The Classical Country House in Scotland, 1660-1800		London: Faber and Faber Ltd	Rare engraving of the house illustrated p166 bears the signature 'Thos Gibson Archt.'
	RSA	1925				722
	Savage, Peter	1980	Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers		Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)	p176

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Country Life	28 February 1925
	Country Life	7 March 1925
	RIBA Transactions	1870			p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson
	Scotsman	20 April 1992

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	15386	Listing for house, walls, stairs and sundial
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	15387	Listing for estate buildings
	National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)	Gifts and deposits	GD 648/4	p23
	National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)	Gifts and deposits	GD 158/2628/2
	National Archives of Scotland (www.nas.gov.uk)	National Register of Archives	NRAS482/Box 8/Bundle 6
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Lorimer and Matthew Collection		LOR M/14, LOR M/15, LOR M/16
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Manuscripts		MSS 73/26, 73/27