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Basic Site Details
Name
Innes House
Town, District or Village
Elgin
Parish
Urquhart
City or County
Morayshire
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Built for Sir Robert Innes of Innes. Bought by James Duff, 2nd Earl of Fife, 1767. Bought by Mr Frank Tennant, circa 1910. On 4 September 1640 payment made to \"William Aitoun, Maister Maison at Heriott his work, for drawing the form an the house in paper $26.13.4 Scots.\" The executant master mason was William Ross.
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
Build/construction
1640
1653
Probably remodelling of 15th century house, and scale and platt stair.
Alterations and additions
1767
Drawings made for proposed alterations. Georgian wings designed?
Addition
1768
1769
Service wings - later removed
Addition
1786
1789
D shaped porch - subsequently removed
Addition
1825c
3-storey canted bay window with crenellated parapet at W elevation of towerhouse
Alterations and additions
1830c
Further alterations - including coachhouse and stables.
Addition
1857a
Courtyard at rear added
Destruction/demolition
1860c
Wings demolished
Alterations and additions
1912
Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing.
Alterations and additions
1914
1916
North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north.
1916
Garden layout
1918
Shrine in north wall of garden and garden
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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
William Aytoun
G
Architect
1640
1653
Probably remodelling of 15th century house
William Ross
H
Mason
16E
William Donn
C
Architect
1767
Drawings made for proposed alterations. May have designed the Geoirgian wings as well.
James Robertson
J
Mason
1768
1769
Added service wings (later removed)
James Robertson
K
Mason
1786
1789
D shaped porch added and later removed
William Robertson
1830C
Some alteration work - including coachhouse and stables
George James Walker
B
1912
Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing.
Walker & Duncan
B
1912
Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing.
William Dalton Ironside
B
Architect
1912
Alterations and additions, including windows at first floor and garages and stables. List description states Walker & Duncan were responsible for the east wing.
James Crane Cruickshank
D
Architect
1914
1916
North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north.
Walker & Duncan
D
Architectural practice
1914
1916
North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north.
William Dalton Ironside
D
Architect
1914
1916
North forecourt rearranged - Tennants transferred entrance to north.
James Crane Cruickshank
A
1916
Garden layout
Walker & Duncan
A
1916
Garden layout
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
1918
Shrine in north wall of garden and garden
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Tennant, F J
Client for work 1912 ansd thereafter
Fife, 4th Earl of
Client for stables etc of 1830
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Child Structures
This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
Child classic
Notes
Name
Innes House, Cross (at Lochhill) in memory of Captain Mark Tennant
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
bio ref classic
Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
MacGibbon and Ross
Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland
volume ii, p203
Rowan, A
1976
Innes House, Morayshire
Country Life 4 November 1976 pp1268-9
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p177
Tayler, S & H (eds)
1925
Lord Fife and his Factor
p42
Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew
2015
The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray
Yale University Press
pp442, 447, 658, 660-1
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Elgin Courier
1830/02/19
*
Country Life
1976/11/04
Illustrations on Georgeian wings
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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
Drawings Collection
Original drawings for 1912 & 1916 work
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR I/4
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
14864
Coach house and stables
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
14862
House
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
14863
Garden
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