Basic Site Details Name: | Hamilton House | Town, district or village: | Prestonpans | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | A 17th century townhouse, Hamilton House was scheduled for demolition in the 1930s under the slum clearance scheme (it had been divided into six single-ends with an outside WC on the wooden stairs). However, Lorna Matthew (wife of architect Robert Matthew) asked architects Frank Mears and Robert Hurd to intervene, and as a result the newly established National Trust for Scotland took it on and carried out the restoration. In 1939 the Matthew family became the Trust's first tenants in the house. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Townhouse | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1628 | | | | | 1937 | | | Restoration |
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 | | Neil & Hurd | | A | 1937 | | Restoration | | Norman Alexander Gordon Neil | | A | 1937 | | Restoration | | Robert Philip Andrew Hurd | | A | 1937 | | Restoration |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | National Trust for Scotland | Client for 1937 restoration |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | p58 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p391 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17529 | Preson, Hamilton House |
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