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Basic Site Details
Name
Marchmont House, including stables and cottages
Town, District or Village
Duns (near)
Parish
City or County
Berwickshire
Status
A Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Build/construction
1750
1754
Original house
Plans drawn up
1767c
Survey to be made of the lands around Greenlaw for the Earl of Marchmont.
Alterations and additions
1834
1842
1914
1920
Interior and exterior remodelling and some landscaping and glasshouses
1918c
Joinery and carpenter work
Alteration/conversion
196
Adaptation as Sue Ryder Home.
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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
Thomas Gibson
E
Architect
1750
1754
Colvin notes the severe character of the exterior and some distinctive features of the interior decoration - distinguishable from his Scottish contemporaries like John Adam.
Charles Ross
A
Surveyor
1767C
Survey to be made of lands around Greenlaw for the Earl of Marchmont.
William Burn
B
Architect
1834
1842
Alterations
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
1914
1920
Interior and exterior remodelling and some landscaping and glasshouses. Stable courtyard- old Coach house added and range reconstructed
Neil McLeod
D
Builder
1918C
Mason work
Neil McLeod & Sons
D
Builder
1918C
Mason work
John Watherston & Sons
1918c
Joinery and carpenter work
John David Louis Mylne
C
Architect
196
Adaptation as Sue Ryder Home.
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
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Name
Notes
McEawan, R F
Client for 1914-20 work
Campbell, P Hulme, Bart.
Cleint for Burn 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
Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard
2006
Borders (The Buildings of Scotland)
New Haven and London: Yale University Press
p520-525
Macaulay, James
1987
The Classical Country House in Scotland, 1660-1800
London: Faber and Faber Ltd
Rare engraving of the house illustrated p166 bears the signature 'Thos Gibson Archt.'
RSA
1925
722
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p176
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Scotsman
1992/04/20
RIBA Transactions
1870
p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson
Country Life
1925/02/28
Country Life
1925/03/07
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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
NMRS Manuscripts
MSS 73/26, 73/27
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
15387
Listing for estate buildings
National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)
Gifts and deposits
GD 648/4
p23
National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)
Gifts and deposits
GD 158/2628/2
National Archives of Scotland (www.nas.gov.uk)
National Register of Archives
NRAS482/Box 8/Bundle 6
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR M/14, LOR M/15, LOR M/16
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
15386
Listing for house, walls, stairs and sundial
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