Basic Site Details
| Name: | Tenterfield House home for girls |
| Town, district or village: | Haddington |
| City or county: | East Lothian |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | The two schoolrooms were built in the grounds in 1912 and 1915. The main house was a home for girls and the schoolrooms would have been used to educate them. The bigger of the two schoolrooms was later used as a hall and then an employment exchange. The smaller one was at one point used as a gardener's house. Both still exist today, although not used for anything. The two schoolrooms were basically paid for by monies from the Christie Bequest, which had built Tenterfield House. Money from this bequest also built Templedean and Carmendean, which were also used as homes. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Children's home | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1700s | Build/construction | Original house | |
| 1898 | Build/construction | Additions | |
| 1912 | Build/construction | Separate schoolroom in grounds | |
| 1915 | Build/construction | School within grounds of house added | |
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 Alexander Carfrae | A | 1898 | Additions? | ||
| John Alexander Carfrae | B | 1915 | School within grounds of house added. Carfrae may also have designed another separate schoolroom in the grounds in 1912. | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Christie Bequest | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | ||||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Craig Statham | Information sent via Contacts page on DSA website | Sent February 2010 | |