Basic Site Details Name: | Preston Hall | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | Plans drawn up | Not executed | | 1791 | | Build/construction | | | 1794 | | Design exhibited | Exhibited at the RA. |
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 Adam | | A | | | Plans drawn up - not executed | | Robert Mitchell | | B | 1791 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Callender, Alexander | Client for the house by Robert Mitchell | | Gordon, Duchess of | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Adam, William | 1820 | Vitruvius Scoticus | | | Plates 107-8 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Mitchell, Robert | 1801 | Plans, etc of Buildings erected in England and Scotland; with An Essay to elucidate the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic Archi | | | Plates 9-13 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Country Life | 24 August 1961 | | | 24-31 August 1961 |
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