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Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer

551 247

Description Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer

Collection Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer

Catalogue Number 551 247

Category All Other

Scope and Content The Office Drawings. A very large collection comprising: preliminary sketches, surveys, working drawings, related designs by craftsmen for furniture, stained glass, etc., exhibition drawings and some manuscript material covering almost all of the buildings designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and the firm's subsequent partnerships. A few private commissions for members of his family, etc., appear to be missing. The drawings include: Earlshall, his first important work 1892; the Colinton Cottages, Edinburgh from 1893; Brakenburgh and Rowallan 1901; Marly Knowe 1902; Barton Hartshon 1902; Ardkinglas 1906; Lympne Castle 1907; Rhuna-Haven; The Thistle Chapel, St Giles, Edinburgh 1909; Dunderave Castle 1911; Marchmont 1914; Dunrobin Castle 1915; Balmanno 1916; The Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle 1919; Stowe Chapel 1927, etc. The collection also comprises a very large group of designs for War Memorials, both public (including many designs for the Imperial War Graves Commission) and private. Many of the drawings are published in Peter Savage, Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers. (Source 1941-1991 NMRS Jubilee publication).

Archive History The first accrual of R.S. Lorimer material was in 1978, with the deposit of office plan drawings. Since then, various purchases, gifts and further deposits have increased the extent of the collection; the most recent being in 2022.

System of Arrangement The collection is partially arranged by Lorimer's sketchbooks and plans of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. The remaining items are not currently arranged as a hierarchy.

Related Material Edinburgh University Library holds the Lorimer papers, 87 boxes of office letters, with some plans of buildings and office details, covering the period 1901-1949. GB 237 Coll-27. Lorimer-related material can also be found in the following HES Archives collections: Architectural drawings of St Mary's Parish Church, Whitekirk, East Lothian, Scotland Scottish Development Department Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh Records of Lorimer and Matthew, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland Records of John Watherston and Sons, builders, Edinburgh, Scotland Papers of John Marshall, sculptor, Edinburgh, Scotland Drawings by Sir Robert Lorimer

Administrative History Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864-1929) was one of Scotland's leading architects of the 20th Century. Born and raised in the New Town of Edinburgh, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and later at the University of Edinburgh. He began working at the office of Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, then later moved to London to work in the office of G. F. Bodley, R.A, before returning to Edinburgh. Lorimer became renowned for his restorations of Scottish castles and historic houses, underpinned by his interest in the Arts and Crafts Movement, and his most prestigious projects include the Scottish National War Memorial within Edinburgh Castle, and The Thistle Chapel in St Giles' Cathedral. He married Violet Alicia Wyld (1875-1940) in 1903. The couple had four children: Christopher Lorimer (1904-1991), Hew Lorimer (1907-1993), Daphne Lorimer (1907-1974), and Michael Lorimer (1912-1991). Source: University of Edinburgh Archives - https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/agents/people/9699

Accruals Further accruals may be anticipated.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176546

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 247) Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/9 Plan of upper floor RSL n/d c. 1904 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/10 Revised sketch of South Elevation No 4 RS Lorimer n/d c. 1904 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/11 Rev. sketch of bedroom floor Dec. 1904 12/1904 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/12 Rev. sketch of ground floor Feb. 1905 2/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/13 Rev. plan of bedroom floor Feb. 1905 2/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 209/32 Plans at basement & principal floors. Section showing 'Granolithic' floor of proposed gallery. RS Lorimer June 1905 6/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/14 Mezzanine floor, sketch plan n/d c. 1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/15 Ground floor plan n/d c. 1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/16 Ground floor plan n/d c. 1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/17 Ground floor plan n/d c. 1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/18 Ground floor plan May 1905 5/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/19 1st floor plan May 1905 5/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/79 Drawing-room & dining-room window finishings & ceilings n/d c. 1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/80 Details of bay-window in drawing-room c. 1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/81 Details of drawing-room ceiling n/d c. 1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/82 Plan & elevs of concealed door in dining-room n/d c. 1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/83 FS Details of Dining-room cornice March 1906 3/1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/84 FS Details of dining-room n/d c. 1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/20 Mezzanine floor plan May 1905 5/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/21 Details of vestibule floor Oct. 1906 10/1906 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/22 Details, part section, elevs. etc (Contract Drawing) May 1905 5/1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/23 Sketch plan of terraces n/d Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/24 Plan, elev & section of landing n/d c. 1905 Item Level
Prints and Drawings FID 207/25 Plan of courtyard from billiard room Mch 19th 1916 19/3/1916 Item Level

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