Basic Site Details Name: | Dupplin Castle | Town, district or village: | Forteviot | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Aberdalgie | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Near Forteviot.
James Smith may have worked at Dupplin earlier than 1720 as in October 1707 he says in a letter to the EArl of Mar that he has been detained at Dupplin by Lord Dupplin afterwards 6th Earl of Kinnoull (d.1719) | 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 | | c. 1720 | c. 1725 | Addition | Office-wings added - also perhaps earlier work there | | 1789 | | Addition | Various works including a 'Temple of Virtue and Honour' | | 1814 | 1815 | | New south west wing built | | 1827 | | Destruction/demolition | Earlier house destroyed | | 1828 | 1832 | Build/construction | Recasing of wing and new house by William Burn after fire destroyed the earlier house | | After 1925 | | Alterations and additions | | | 1928 | | | Reconstruction and reduction after fire | | 1967 | | | Completely demolished |
PeopleDesign and Construction* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Forteviot, Lord | 1928 work | | Kinnoul, 10th Earl of | For 1814-15 work and Burn work |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Macky | 1723 | Journey Through Scotland | | | pp153-4 | | Millar, A H | 1890 | The Historical Castles and Mansions of Scotland: Perthshire and Forfarshire | | | pp125-137 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | x, p878 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128. List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson. |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | GD 124/15/663/2 | | | National Library of Scotland Advocates Manuscripts | James Playfair professional journal | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Drawings for William stirling work | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information on involvement of Scott Morton & Co and Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie | | RIAS Collection, NMRS, RCAHMS | James Miller, Son & Manson Drawings Collection | | 3 drawings; recreation and dining hall appears on List of drawings | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Dunlop: L no5604 (combined box 90) |
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