Architecture Notes

Event ID 776047

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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[Gordon Castle, General: Architecture Notes contain Scottish Record Office references for all of Gordon Castle estate]

ARCHITECTS:

John Baxter - additions to Gordon Castle, including East block, 1769 - 1783

Samuel Butler - erecting a hot-house, 1801

John Morison, Duff House gardener - supplied sundial 1818

Archibald Simpson - Chapel c.1822,

East wing 1827 (after fire)

Conservatory (probably Archibald Simpson) c.1830

Schomberg Scott - remodelled East block in present form, 1961 - 65

REFERENCES

NMRS

Schomberg Scott Plans: Alterations to adapt the East Wing as a residence for Sir George Gordon-Lennox after the demolition of the central block. Also cetain minor proposals for courtyard adjoining the old tower left standing at the time of demolition - 44 sheets

H. M. REGISTER HOUSE

Gordon Castle Mausoleum - Architect: John Brown

Signed drawings in portfolio of unidentified drawings - RHP 2378 in Fochabers Estate Office Papers

CONTINUED IN ARCHAELOGY NOTES...

Non-Guardship Sites Plan Collection, DC23840- DC23855.