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Basic Site Details
Name
Pittencrieff House, Pittencrieff Glen
Town, District or Village
Dunfermline
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:
event classic
Event Type
From
To
Notes
16
Parts built
17
Parts built
1908
Restoration of old house, reconstructing it as club and museum
Plans dated
1945
Plans for alterations or survey plans?
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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.
design classic
Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
1908
Restoration of old house, reconstructing it as club and museum
James Grant Shearer
A
Architect
1945
Alterations? Survey only?
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Dunfermline Carnegie Trust
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
bio ref classic
Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Gifford, John
1988
Fife (The Buildings of Scotland)
p192
Macartney, Mervyn E (ed)
1913
Recent English Domestic Architecture
Volume V
London: Architectural Review
pp132-136
Pride, Glen L
1999
The Kingdom of Fife
2nd Edition
The Rutland Press
p13
RSA
1912
469
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p175
Weaver, Lawrence
1914
Small Country Houses: their repair and enlargement. Forty examples chosen from five centuries
Country Life Library7
pp142-149 (Chapter 25)
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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
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR D/23
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
25968
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Shearer and Annand Collection
SA 1940/32/1-6
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