Basic Site Details
| Name: | Srongarbh |
| Town, district or village: | West Linton |
| City or county: | Peeblesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Original plans drawn up for B MacKendrick Esq - but Thomson took the site and project over for himself and his first wife. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Srongara | ||
| Strongara | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| The Loan | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| September 1933 | Plans for original project for B MacKendrick dated (included terraced garden, swimming pool and garden pavilion & extension to garden pavilion) | ||
| 1934 | Design exhibited | ||
| 20 June 1934 | January 1935 | Plans dated | |
| 1936 | Design exhibited | ||
| 1938 | Design exhibited | When design exhibited it appears under the practice name of Leslie Grahame Thomson and Connell. | |
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 | |
| Leslie Grahame Thomson (or Leslie Grahame-Thomson; later Leslie Grahame MacDougall) | A | 1933 | 1936 | ||
| Frank James Connell | A | 1938 | |||
| Leslie Grahame Thomson & Connell | A | 1938 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| MacKendrick, B, Esq | Client originally for this project |
| Thomson (MacDougall), Leslie Grahame | For himself |
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 | pp63 & 753; pl 79 | |
| Royal Academy exhibitors | 1938, no 13883 | ||||
| Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1938 | 225, 274 | |||
| RSA | 1934 | 616 | |||
| RSA | 1936 | 723 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51069 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall Collection | LGM 1930/3/1-7, 1930/4/1-2, 1930/5/1-3 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Leslie Grahame-Thomson: F no3402 (box 22) | |