Basic Site Details
| Name: | Clermiston Mains House and farm buildings |
| Town, district or village: | Clermiston |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
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| Notes: | The first connection between the client and Cairns was when Tom Curr designed the art tile-work in association with James Duncan Ltd of Glasgow, the tiles being manufactures by T & R Boots Ltd of Burslem. The farm buildings at Clermiston consisted of single storey timber buildings in a formal herring bone pattern. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 5 and 7, Oak Lane | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1922 | Build/construction | Poultry fram | |
| 1923 | 1925 | Reconstruction | Rebuilding and enlargement of farm house as a country house and formal garden. |
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 | |
| James Davidson Cairns | A | 1922 | Rebuildings and enlargement from 18th century farm buildings. Building of a puoltry farm. | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Ewing, Andrew | Founder of Buttercup Dairies. He was a Baptist and broke the firm and hinself by giving a tenth of his income to the Rose Street chapel and all eggs laid on Sundays to local hospitals. The business was founded in 1889 in Dundee and Forfar moving to Elbe Street, Leith in 1905. |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Scott, Bill | 2011 | The Buttercup: the Remarkable Story of Andrew Ewing and the Buttercup Dairy Company | Alnwick: Leghorn Books | p13-14, 41-51, 52-56. Perspective of farm by Tom Curr p39 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Scotsman | 30 June 2011 | Property pages- p11 | ||