Basic Site Details Name: | Gosford House, mausoleum | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Mausoleum | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1795 | 1798 | Build/construction | |
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 | | Thomas Harrison | | A | 1795 | 1798 | No payment to Harrison for designing this specifically in accounts but among Harrison's drawings in the Salt Museum, Northwich there is a perspective which corresponds with the mausoleum as built (with the exception oif the columns which are unfluted Tuscan as executed rather than Doric in the drawing). |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Salt Museum, Northwich | Thomas Harrison drawings | | | | Wemyss Estate, Gosford | Plans Collection | | |
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