Basic Site Details
| Name: | Granton House |
| Town, district or village: | Moffat |
| City or county: | Dumfriesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1840 | Build/construction | ||
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 | |
| Walter Newall | A | c. 1840 | Incorporates previous house. Greek revival country house composed about a central tower in the manner of Smirk's Kinmount and William Burn's Craigielands (1817) (discussed by D Walker (1984)). See also entrance compared to that of Newall's Dumfries Observatory. | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Jardine, Thomas | Probably the client (Colvin) |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| MacKechnie, Aonghus | 1988 | Walter Newall, Architect in Dumfries | Trans. Dumfres & Galloway Naturual History & Antiquarian Society, 3rd ser, lxiii | ||
| Walker, David | 1984 | Scottish Pioneers of the Greek Revival | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Dumfries Archive Centre | Walter Newall Collection | GGD 131/N2/15-33 | |