Basic Site Details Name: | Caldwell House | Town, district or village: | Uplawmoor | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | This is either in East Ayrshire or Renfrewshire | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Hall of Caldwell | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1773 | | | Original building by R & J Adam | | 1927 | | | Conversion to psychiatric hospital - alterations, additions and new garden wall |
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 | | James Adam | | C | 1773 | 1774 | | | R & J Adam | | C | 1773 | 1774 | | | Robert Adam | | C | 1773 | 1774 | | | Alexander Mair | | B | 1927 | 1929 | Conversion to psychiatric hospital - alterations, additions and new garden wall | | Allan Stevenson, Mair & Cassels | | B | 1927 | 1929 | Conversion to psychiatric hospital - alterations, additions and new garden wall | | Thomas McGill Cassels | | B | 1927 | 1929 | Conversion to psychiatric hospital - alterations, additions and new garden wall |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Govan Board of Control | Client for conversion into psychiatric hospital | | Mure, William | Client for Adam house |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | pp97-8 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | pp193-5 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | Sweeney, Dan | 2015 | Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire | | Windan Press | pp4, 5 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Ayrshire Archives (from February 2007) | Darley- Hay Partnership archive | | Plans for 1927 additions, alterations and garden wall |
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