Basic Site Details
| Name: | Holylee House |
| Town, district or village: | Walkerburn |
| City or county: | Peeblesshire |
| 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 | |
 | Mansion house | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1825 | 1827 | Original house | |
| 1922 | 1923 | Additions and alterations | |
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 | |
| John & Thomas Smith | A | 1825 | 1827 | ||
| John Smith | A | 1825 | 1827 | ||
| Thomas Smith | A | 1825 | 1827 | ||
| Carruthers Ballantyne & Taylor (or Ballantyne & Taylor) | B | 1922 | 1923 | Additions and alterations | |
| Robert Carruthers-Ballantyne (or Robert Ballantyne Carruthers; or Roy Carruthers Ballantyne) | B | 1922 | 1923 | Additions and alterations | |
| William John Taylor | B | 1922 | 1923 | Additions and alterations | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Ballantyne, James | Original client |
| Ballantyne, W Carruthers | Extension for himself when he succeeded to the estate through William Laidlaw Ballantyne, the factor at Abbotsford |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p384 | |
| RCAHMS | Peeblesshire Inventory | no 565, Plan fig 275, plates 69 A, B,C | |||
| Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | p222 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 8324 | Holylee Including Terrace Wall |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Robert Carruthers Ballantyne: F no3194 (box 18); William John Taylor: F no2637 (box 9) | |