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Basic Site Details
Name
Dawyck House
Town, District or Village
Broughton (near)
Parish
City or County
Peeblesshire
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Scottish vernacular style
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
Dawick
Yes
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Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
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
1832
1837
Original house
1897
1898
Large addition - tower not carried out. General plans and elevations. Estimates of additions and alterations to cottages and stable. Proposed new (?) gatehouses.
1909
Extensions
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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 Burn
1832
1837
Original house
Andrew Edwin Martin
A
1897
1898
Large addition - as assistant to John Archibald Campbell
John Archibald Campbell
A
1897
1898
Large addition - tower not carried out. General plans and elevations. Estimates of additions and alterations to cottages and stables. Also proposed new gatehouses. Elevations of main library.
John Arthur
A
1897
1898
Large addition - as assistant to John Archibald Campbell
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
1909
Extensions
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
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Name
Notes
Balfour, Mrs Alexander
Client for 1897 work and 1909 work
Nasmyth, Sir John, of Posso
Client 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
Academy Architecture
1898
part 1
p86
Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard
2006
Borders (The Buildings of Scotland)
New Haven and London: Yale University Press
p207
RSA
1899
560
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p175
Strang, Charles Alexander
1994
Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
p246
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Building News
1898/12/30
*
Architect
1902/04/18
*
RIBA Transactions
1870
List of works by William Burn compiled by T L Donaldson
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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
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum
RIBA Nomination Papers
John Arthur: L v16 no1100; Andrew Edwin Martin: L v25 no2025
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR D/1 (13 drawings)
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
21013
Glasgow University Library Special Collections
Hislop & Welsh Collection
GB 0247 MS Hislop 129/1-15
Also GB 0247 MS Hislop 130/1-22 and GB 0247 MS Hislop 131/1-6
National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)
Gifts and deposits
GD 35/196 (4)
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum
RIBA Drawings Collection
Listed under 'Posso'
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