Scottish Country Houses, 1600-1914

Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1998

Scottish Country Houses, 1600-1914

Ian Gow and Alistair Rowan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474468602

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This new illustrated paperback edition examines the Scottish country house in all its guises - from great classical houses like Hopetoun, to familiar castles such as Glamis and Craigievar - as well as giving insights into the architects who designed them, including William and Robert Adam, Sir John James Burnet and Sir William Bruce.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 A Plethora of Palaces Some 'Castle-wise' Country Houses of Early Renaissance Scotland Charles McKean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Design Approaches in Early Post-Reformation Scots Houses Aonghus Mackechnie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 'Scarce a Finer Seat in Scotland' Kinneil Castle and the 4th Duke of Hamilton Rosalind K. Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 Two Late Seventeenth-Century Designs for Kinnaird Castle John G. Dunbar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
5 Sir William Bruce's Design for Hopetoun House and Its Forerunners Deborah Howard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
6 Organs, Orrerys and Others A Commission for Monymusk Mary Cosh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
7 An Account of the Reconstruction of William Adam's Design for Gladney House, with some Observations on Other Early Projects James Simpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
8 The Restoration of the House of Dun David Learmont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
9 Views in Scottish Houses, 1630-I770 James Holloway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
10 John Elphinstone and the Castle of Glamis Harry Gordon Slade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
11 A Roger Morris-John Adam Episode in Astylar Palladianism John Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
12 A Bibliophile's Bagnio Sir James Clerk's Pantheon for Penicuik Iain Gordon Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
13 Robert Adam at Walkinshaw Frank Arneil Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
14 Robert Adam and John Clerk of Eldin From Primitive Hut to Temple of Religion Richard Emerson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
15 David (or John?) Henderson's Designs for Caprington Castle Ian Gow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
16 'This Disagreeable Business' John Paterson against the Earl of Eglinton Margaret H. B. Sanderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
17 'The New Square Style' Robert Smirke's Scottish Houses J. Mordaunt Crook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
18 J. P. Neale and the Views of Scotland James Macaulay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
19 John Smith and Craigievar Castle William A. Brogden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
20 A Neo-Baronial Monymusk Not Built by William Burn Alistair Rowan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
21 The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland and Dunrobin Castle John Gifford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
22 Relugas and the Dick Lauder Family Joe Rock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
23 Introducing Alexander Roos Howard Colvin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
24 The Scottish Houses of William Leiper John R. Hume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
25 The Country House, Larger Villas and Related Hotel Designs of Sir John James Burnet David M. Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
26 The Architect's House and the Search for a 'National Style' Anne Riches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Appendix Chronological List of Houses in Scotland Designed by William Leiper John R. Hume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
Photographic Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
Index of Designers and Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474468602