Basic Site Details Name: | Gask House | Town, district or village: | Gask | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Strathearn | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | 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 | | 1801 | | | Original house by Richard Crichton | | October 1843 | | | Drawings with design of terrace and garden | | 1908 | | | Alterations for W Buchanan | | 1964 | 1966 | Alteration/conversion | Reduction of house by removal of attics |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Buchanan, W | for 1908 alterations | | Oliphant, Laurence | for original building | | Oliphant, ___ | for 1843 designs |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | | Introducing Alexander Roos | | Gow, I and Rowan, A (eds): Scottish Country Houses 1600-1914, pp276-284 | p280 (from Tyndall Bruce papers) | | Garnier, Richard | 2006 | Alexander Roos c1810-1881 | | Georgian Society Journal, vol XV, pp11-68 | p59 | | Gifford, John | 2007 | The Buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross | | Yale University Press | p381 | | Haynes, Nick | 2000 | Perth and Kinross: an illustrated architectural guide | | Edinburgh: Rutland Press | p75 | | Neale | 1818 | Views of Seats | | 1st series | Ist series, v.iv, 1821 | | Robinson, John Martin | 1983 | The Latest Country Houses | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIAS Collection, NMRS, RCAHMS | James Miller, Son & Manson Drawings Collection | | 5 drawings of Miller's alterations |
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