Basic Site Details Name: | The White House | Town, district or village: | Helensburgh | City or county: | Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 15, Colquhoun Street Upper | Yes | | | 15, Upper Colquhoun Street | | Alternative form of name |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1898 | 1900 | Build/construction | | | 1899 | | | Furnishings | | 3 April 1899 | | | Plans dated | | 1900 | | Design exhibited | | | 2010 | | Restoration | About to start |
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 | | George Walton | | | 1899 | | Furnishings | | Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott | | | 1899 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Paul, Henry Stoddart - director of Matthew Paul & Co, engineers in Dumbarton | His daughter married into the Kidston family |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1900 | | part 2 | | p21 | | Baillie Scott, Mackay Hugh | 1906 | Houses and Gardens | | (Second edition, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1933) | pp268-72, also 202-206 for furnishing | | Carruthers, Annette | 2013 | The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland: a history | | | pp141-143 | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1900, no 1869 | | Macdonald-Smith, Ian | 2010 | Arts & Crafts Master: the Houses and Gardens of M Baillie Scott | | Rizzoli | pp64-67 | | McDonald, William (ed) | 1999 | Burgh of Helensburgh Dean of Guild Court Records 1875-1975 | | Argyll & Bute Council Library & Information Service and Argyll & Bute Archives | | | Moon, Karen | 1993 | George Walton, Designer and Architect | | | p111 | | Wodehouse, Lawrence | 1980 | Lutyens and Baillie Scott in Scotland | | 'Seer' (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art magazine), No. 3, 3 June 1980, pp50-53 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Art et decoration | 1907 | 21 | | p66 | | The Studio | 1906 | v39 | | p32-34 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Argyll & Bute Council Archives | Helensburgh Dean of Guild | | Box 1895-1899 (6/1899) | | Courtesy of Fiona Sinclair | Information via DSA website | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 34762 | |
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