Basic Site Details Name: | Church | Town, district or village: | Gifford | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Built at the expense of the 2nd Marquis of Tweeddale and many of the craftsmen engaged at Yester House were employed. It may therefore have been designed by Smith and McGill, the architects of Yester. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1710 | | 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 | | Alexander McGill | | A | 1710 | | Possibly the architect with James Smith | | James Smith | | B | 1710 | | Possibly the architect with Alexander McGill. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Tweeddale, 2nd Marquis of | |
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 | | | Dunbar, J G | 1972 | The Building of Yester House 1670-1878 | xiii | Transactions of the E Lothian Antiquarian Society | |
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