Basic Site Details

Name: Touch House
City or county: Stirlingshire
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Country House  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 3c. 1750c. 1760Build/construction 
Item 2 of 31928  Alterations, lodge and gates (also bridge and wash house)
Item 3 of 3January 1928June 1929 Plans dated for alterations etc

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 4Gideon Gray Bc. 1750c. 1760May also have played some part in its design.
Item 2 of 4(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer A1928 Alterations, lodge and gates (also bridge and wash house)
Item 3 of 4John Fraser Matthew A1928 Alterations, lodge and gates (also bridge and wash house)
Item 4 of 4Lorimer & Matthew A1928 Alterations, lodge and gates (also bridge and wash house)

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Buchanan, Charles A 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2RCAHMS Inventory of Stirlingshire  volume ii, pp376-9
Item 2 of 2Savage, Peter1980Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)p178

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Country Life2 September 1965   
Item 2 of 2Country Life1965  Issue covering 19-26 August

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 2National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSLorimer and Matthew Collection LOR T/1, LOR T/2, LOR T/5, LOR T/3
Item 2 of 2Touch HouseArchive MS building accounts