Basic Site Details
| Name: | Houston House |
| City or county: | Renfrewshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
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| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1625 | |||
| 1872 | Addition of south-east section | ||
| 1893 | 1895 | Stable offices and addition | |
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 | |
| David Thomson | 1872 | Addition of south-east section | |||
| Andrew Rennie Crawford | A | 1893 | 1895 | Stable offices and addition - as assistant to Thomson & Menzies | |
| Colin Menzies | A | 1893 | 1895 | Stable offices and addition | |
| David Thomson | A | 1893 | 1895 | Stable offices and addition | |
| Thomson & Menzies | A | 1893 | 1895 | Stable offices and addition | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Spiers, A A | Client for additions etc. |
| Spiers, Captain, Trustees of | Client for 1872 work |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1897 | 276 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 12693 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Weddell and Thomson Archive Summary Material (Handlists, Job lists etc) | Thomson's job list | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Letter from Elderslie and Houston estate | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Andrew Rennie Crawford: L v17 no1202 | |