Basic Site Details Name: | Craig Ailey, Italian Villa | Town, district or village: | Cove | City or county: | Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Cove and Kilcreggan | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost £1,154.16.6d to build.
There is confusion over the name of this house as the document compiled for the Thomson Memorial lists both Craig Ailey, Kilcreggan and Italian Villa under 'Villas' (APSD lists only the Italian Villa), yet on the first edition 1862 Ordance Survey map, surveyed in 1860, the Italian Villa is marked where Craig Ailey stands today while no other house is labelled 'Craig Ailey.' Further confusion is created by the fact that Craig Ailey is not in Kilcreggan - as both Blackie and the Thomson Memorial list state - but in Cove. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Villa | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | South Ailey Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1852 | | | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Alexander Thomson | | A | c. 1852 | | | | Baird & Thomson | | A | c. 1852 | | | | John Baird the Second | | A | c. 1852 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | McElroy, John - developer, ironfounder and railway contractor | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Barclay, David | 1904 | Greek Thomson: his life and opinions | | Architectural Review May 1904 | | | Blackie | 1868 | Villa and Cottage Architecture | 1st edition | | Ilustration of modified design; gives date as 1850 | | Law, Graham | 1954 | Greek Thomson | cxv, May 1954 | Architectural Review, May 1954 (Publication of 1960 Cambridge dissertation, original at NMRS) | | | Maugham, W C | 1893 | Rosneath Past and Present | | Paisley and London, 1893 | | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | | | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | | | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 43472 | |
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