Scottish country houses, 1600-1914 / edited by Ian Gow and Alistair Rowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gow, Ian, Author.

Contributor:

Gow, Ian, editor.

Rowan, Alistair, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country homes--Scotland.

Country homes.

Architecture, Domestic--Scotland--History.

Architecture, Domestic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1 A Plethora of Palaces

2 Design Approaches in Early Post-Reformation Scots Houses

3 'Scarce a Finer Seat in Scotland'

4 Two Late Seventeenth-Century Designs for Kinnaird Castle

5 Sir William Bruce's Design for Hopetoun House and Its Forerunners

6 Organs, Orrerys and Others

7 An Account of the Reconstruction of William Adam's Design for Gladney House, with some Observations on Other Early Projects

8 The Restoration of the House of Dun

9 Views in Scottish Houses, 1630-I770

10 John Elphinstone and the Castle of Glamis

11 A Roger Morris-John Adam Episode in Astylar Palladianism

12 A Bibliophile's Bagnio

13 Robert Adam at Walkinshaw

14 Robert Adam and John Clerk of Eldin

15 David (or John?) Henderson's Designs for Caprington Castle

16 'This Disagreeable Business'

17 'The New Square Style'

18 J. P. Neale and the Views of Scotland

19 John Smith and Craigievar Castle

20 A Neo-Baronial Monymusk Not Built by William Burn

21 The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland and Dunrobin Castle

22 Relugas and the Dick Lauder Family

23 Introducing Alexander Roos

24 The Scottish Houses of William Leiper

25 The Country House, Larger Villas and Related Hotel Designs of Sir John James Burnet

26 The Architect's House and the Search for a 'National Style'

Appendix

Acknowledgements

Photographic Credits

Index of Designers and Buildings

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6860-8

0-585-23742-5