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Basic Site Details
Name
Charleton House
Town, District or Village
Colinsburgh
Parish
City or County
Fife
Status
A Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Country House
Not Known
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Addition
1815
1817
Wings added at rear
Proposed
1818
Unexecuted scheme for remodelling house
1832
Extensions including new dining room at east end
1855/02/10
Additions of dining room, billiard room and other offices by Bryce - drawings dated
1904
1906
Extensive alterations including new main entrance and interior work. Addition of obervatory - drawings dtaed
1907
Improvements and addititions by Mrs Agnes Anstruther, porch
1908
Siting of road and forecourt gates
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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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
Alexander Leslie
D
Architect
1815
1817
Wings added at rear - with Thomas Finlay mason
Thomas Finlay
E
Mason
1815
1817
Wings added at rear with Alexander Leslie
William Burn
B
Architect
1818
Unexecuted scheme by Burn to remodel house.
John Lessels
C
1832
Extensions - Lessels acting as clerk of works for Burn and prepared the sketches
William Burn
A
1832
Extensions including new dining room at east end with John Lessels as clerk of works
David Bryce
1855
Additions of dining room, billiard room and other offices
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
1904
1906
Extensive alterations, including new main entrance and interior work: design for entrance modified later by Mrs Anstruther. Addition of observatory. Also stables
Agnes Dorothea Anstruther
1907
Additions and improvements and modification of Lorimer's designs.
Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie
1908
Siting of road and forecourt gates
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Thomson, John Anstruther of Charleton
Burn and Bryce work
Anstruther, Colonel
1905-1907 work
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Gifford, John
1988
Fife (The Buildings of Scotland)
pp125-26 (for Burn work as well)
Pride, Glen L
1999
The Kingdom of Fife
2nd Edition
The Rutland Press
p173
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p174
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
Charleton House, Fife
Plans Collection
Original drawings and papers (for various phases of work). Also drwings in scrapbook at Charleton.
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
NMRS Photographic Archive
Copies of plans from Charleton
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR C/8 . LOR C/46
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
8583
Terraces, steps etc - B listed
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
8581
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
8582
Entrance court, wall, buildings and gates
National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)
Court of Session records
SC 20/44/3
pp363-5, 393-414
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