Basic Site Details
| Name: | Craigend Castle |
| Town, district or village: | Mugdock |
| City or county: | Stirlingshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | CHECK - Milngavie? |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Castle | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1812 | Build/construction | New house built to the designs of Alexander Ramsay but preserving the old internal arrangements. | |
| Before 1812 | Plans drawn up | Plans for enlargement abandoned | |
| 29 August 1958 | Proposed | 'development of 'good class residences'' proposed by John Lawrence, Ltd., Glasgow, who purchased Craigend Castle and estate of 170 acres per Builder p373 | |
| 1968 | Destruction/demolition | House gutted | |
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 | |
| Alexander Ramsay | B | 1812 | Rebuilding of Craigend for James Smith of Craigend. At first it was only intended to enlarge the existing house to the designs of James Smith's cousin James Smith of Jordanhill but 'after the erection had gone some length, it was found more suitable to pull down the old house entirely, and the present building was completed according to plans furnished by Mr Alexander Ramsay, architect and builder, Edinburgh, preserving as much as possible the internal arrangements as designed by Mr Smith' | ||
| James Smith | A | Before 1812 | Plans for enlargement abandoned | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Smith, James | Client for 1824 plans. Cousin of James Smith of Jordanhill. |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p620 | |
| Jones | 1830 | Views of Scottish Seats | |||
| The Old Country Houses of the Glasgow Gentry | 1870 | XXVI | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 29 August 1958 | p373 | ||