Basic Site Details Name: | Prestongrange House | Town, district or village: | Prestonpans | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Late16th century core, recast internally 1750, largely remodelled by W H Playfair, 1830-50, with later additions.
J Small, CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF THE LOTHIANS (1883); C McWilliam, LOTHIAN (1978), pp394-5; H Colvin, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS (1995), p767; M Glendinning, R MacInnes, A MacKechnie, A HISTORY OF SCOTTISH ARCHITECTURE (1996), pp37, 589 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Royal Musselburgh Golf Club | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | Late 1500s | | Build/construction | | | 1750 | | Alterations and additions | Internally recast | | 1830 | | Addition | Enlargement of house | | 1845 | | Build/construction | Stables | | 1850 | | Addition | | | After 1850 | | Alterations and additions | |
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 | | William Henry Playfair | | A | 1830 | 1850 | Alterations and additions |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Suttie, E Grant | Client for enlargement by Playfair. | | Suttie, Sir George Grant | Client for stables and additions |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p767 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | pp37, 589 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp394-5 | | Small, J | 1883 | Castles and Mansions of the Lothians | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh University Library | Plans | 46 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17537 | |
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