Basic Site Details Name: | Brodie Castle | City or county: | Morayshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Gardens laid out between 1868 and 1889 by John Clerk.
Mr Square, mason, carved the capitals of columns in hall during the 1845 work. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tower house | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1540 | c. 1560 | Build/construction | | | 1824 | 1828 | Addition | New wing added (east range) in Jacobethan style; three lodges | | c. 1831 | | Build/construction | Gothic chimneypiece in Red Drawing Room | | c. 1845 | c. 1850 | Reconstruction | Alterations, including south front and entrance hall. Also proposal to add a doocot tower on top of coachhouse and cartshed. Not executed but buttresses and partial infilling of arches date from this period.
Proto-Pugin ceiling in drawing room dates from this period and may be by Burn or Wylson. | | 1980 | | Restoration | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Brodie, William | Client for Burn work | | Brodie, William Brodie of | | | National Trust for Scotland | for 1980 restoration. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p56 | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p163 | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp 441, 446, 481-5, 486 | | Watson, J & W | 1868 | Morayshire described | | Elgin | pp52-54 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 26 August 1916 | | | | | Country Life | 14 August 1980 | | | | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Brodie Castle Archives | Correspondence, drawings etc | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2260 | Brodie Castle |
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