Basic Site Details Name: | Letham Grange | Town, district or village: | Arbroath | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Personal information from Conway Grant Fletcher to Colin McWilliam and David Walker c.1953. Interior woodwork and chimneypieces by Howard & Son of London. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1827 | 1830 | Build/construction | Original house |  | 1877 | 1878 | | Additions |  | 1887 | | Addition | Additions including East Lodge |  | 1986 | 1988 | Alterations and additions | |
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 |  | Archibald Simpson | Architect | A | 1827 | 1830 | |  | John Rhind | Architect | G | 1877 | 1878 | Additions |  | John Robertson | Architect | H | 1877 | 1888 | Initial designs for remodelling but job taken over by Rhind when Robertson fell ill. |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge |  | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge |  | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | B | 1887 | | Additions including East Lodge |  | Edward Taylor | Architect | B | 1986 | 1988 | Alterations and addtiions to country house hotel. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Fletcher, Fitzroy Charles | Client for 1887 additions |  | Fletcher, Jack - merchant, of Liverpool | Client for 1877-8 alterations |  | Hay, John | Client for Simpson house |  | Smith, Ken | Client for 1986-88 work |
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 | |  | Forfarshire Illustrated | 1848 | Forfarshire Illustrated | | | p71 |  | Fraser, G M | 1918 | Archibald Simpson Architect and his times | | Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 5 April to 11 October 1918 | x |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p592-4 |  | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | |  | Mills, John et al | 1996 | Rosehaugh: a house of its time | | | p38 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Builder | 1847 | v | | p217 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of Edward Taylor | Information sent via email to Yvonne Hillyard | | Sent April 2011 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 4734 | |
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