Basic Site Details Name: | Old Place of Mochrum | City or county: | Wigtownshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Bridge and sluice gate, Electricity House and sawmill are B listed. House with walled garden wellhead and sundial are A Listed.
William Vickers executed the sundial.
Stone carving in restoration by H G Palliser and furniture from Cardiff Workshops |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1873 | 1903 | | Reconstruction from ruins | | March 1873 | | Plans drawn up | | | 20 August 1873 | | Plans dated | Drawings dated (for Richard Park work). | | September 1874 | | Completion | Structural work completed | | 1875 | | | Main work well in hand | | 1877 | | Restoration | Plans for restoration of second tower | | 1877 | | Build/construction | Boathouse at loch | | 1899 | 1902 | Alterations and additions | North range and hall, East range nursery | | 1902 | 1903 | Addition | Courtyard and addition of wellhead and sundial; walled garden; alterations and remodelling of interior (with furniture made at Cardiff workshops and by Gimson and the Barnsleys at Pinbury). Also dam, power house, garden works etc carried out. Proposals for new lodge not carried out. | | 1903 | 1908 | | Alterations and remodelling of interior; furniture | | 1912 | | | Alterations and remodelling of interior; furniture |
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 | | Richard Park | | | 1873 | 1903 | Reconstruction from ruins. Also designed boathouse. | | William Burges | | F | 1876 | | May have advised Richard Park | | Robert Weir Schultz | | A | 1902 | 1908 | Courtyard and addition of wellhead and sundial; walled garden; alterations and remodelling of interior (with furniture made at Cardiff workshops and by Gimson and the Barnsleys at Pinbury). Also dam, power house, garden works etc carried out. Proposals for new lodge not carried out. | | Ernest Gimson | | A | 1903 | | Ironward for walled garden; furniture for interior (made with Ernest and Sidney Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Ernest Barnsley (or Arthur Ernest Barnsley) | | B | 1903 | 1908 | Furniture for interior (made with Ernest Gimson and Sindey Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Ernest Gimson | | B | 1903 | 1908 | Furniture for interior (made with Ernest and Sidney Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Sidney Barnsley | | B | 1903 | 1908 | Furniture for interior (made with Ernest Gimson and Ernest Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Robert Weir Schultz | | B | 1912 | | Further alterations and remodelling of interior (with furniture made at Cardiff workshops and by Gimson and the Barnsleys at Pinbury) | | Ernest Barnsley (or Arthur Ernest Barnsley) | | C | 1912 | | Further furniture for interior (made with Ernest Gimson and Sidney Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Ernest Gimson | | C | 1912 | | Futher furniture for interior (made with Ernest and Sidney Barnsley at Pinbury) | | Sidney Barnsley | | C | 1912 | | Further furniture for interior (made with Ernest Gimson and Ernest Barnsley at Pinbury) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Bute, 3rd Marquess of | for restoration work before 1900 | | Bute, 4th Marquess of (John Crichton-Stuart) | for work after 1900 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Crook, J Mordaunt | 2013 | William Burges and the High Victorian Dream | | Frances Lincoln (New edition) | p272-3 (no evidence quoted) | | Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p479 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | p49-55 | | Taylor, Kristina and Peel, Robert | 1021 | Passion, plants and patronage: 300 years of Bute Family Landscapes | | Artifice Books | pp159-162 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum | Collection of Gimson & Barnsley drawings | | Drawing 1941.223.306 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19570 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19567 | Bridge and sluice gate | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19569 | Electricity House and sawmill | | Mount Stuart | Bute Archives | | Letter books etc (extracts in NMRS Ref: R/P109) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of drawings A 27112-4 |
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