Basic Site Details Name: | Duddingston House | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Archibald Handyside - employed on building excluding fine 'carved work' 1763
John Aitken - decorative carving 1763
Overseer of works Mr Kay (Robert Kay?) | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 105, Milton Road West | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | Alterations and additions | Alterations and repairs to stableblock | | 1763 | 1768 | Build/construction | | | c. 1831 | c. 1832 | Repair | | | After 1903 | Before 1905 | | Alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Frank Wood | | B | | | Alterations and repairs to stableblock | | William Chambers (Sir) | | A | 1763 | 1768 | Architect of original house | | Thomas Brown of Uphall | | C | c. 1831 | c. 1832 | Repairs | | John Holden Peacock | | | After 1903 | Before 1908 | Alterations - as assistant, presumably on Marquis of Linlithgow's estates |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Eddington, A | 1904 | Contemporary Biographies | Edinburgh and the Lothians | WT Pike and Co., Pike's New Century Series, no. 12 | p89 | | Small, J | 1883 | Castles and Mansions of the Lothians | | | | | Vitruvius Britannicus | 1767 | Vitruvius Britannicus | | | Volume IV, plates 14-17 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architectural Heritage | 1999 | X | | Article by Kirsty Burrell. | | Country Life | 24 September 1959 | | | `Duddingston House, Edinburgh' by D. Walker 24 September 1959 Vol 126 | | RIAS Quarterly | 1925 | | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | 'Duddingston House, near Edinburgh' Summer 1925 p63 | | The Times | 15 September 1990 | | | Binney, M `[Duddingston House]: Palladian perfection phased out' |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Crichton Wood | Typescript memoirs and collection of drawings | | | | Public Record Office of Northern ireland | Abercorn Papers | D623/A/222/11; D623/A/222/15 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Holden Peacock: L v20 no1513 |
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