Basic Site Details
| Name: | Ravenswood House with stables and south lodge |
| Town, district or village: | Melrose |
| City or county: | Roxburghshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B listed |
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| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Country House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1824 | Build/construction | ||
| 1864 | Addition | ||
| c. 1892 | c. 1900 | Alterations and additions to house, also dairy farm, stables etc | |
| 1961 | 1963 | Reconstruction | Reconfigured internally |
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 | |
| John & Thomas Smith | A | 1824 | House and possibly south lodge | ||
| John Smith | A | 1824 | House and possibly south lodge | ||
| Thomas Smith | A | 1824 | House and possibly south lodge | ||
| (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | 1892 | 1900 | Alterations and additions to house, also dairy farm, stables etc | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Fairfax, Sir Henry | Client for 1864 work |
| Scott, Major John | Client for original house. He was a cousin of Sir Walter Scott |
| Younger, William, the brewer | Client for 1900 work William Younger, the brewer (1857-1925) |
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 | pp643-44 | |
| Scott, Sir Walter | 1831 | Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott | Volume 7, pp273-7 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Mr David Gibbon | Information via 'Contact Us' on website | Sent October 2015 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51569 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51571 | South Lodge (C(S)) |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51572 | Stables C listed |
| National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 3656 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | LOR R/3-6, LOR R/5/1 & 2 | |