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Summary Record
Event ID 994924
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Summary Record
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/994924
Dumfries House was recorded in October 2007 as a Threatened Buildings Survey case relating to the proposed sale of the house and its contents. Further recording has taken place since for the RCAHMS publication Dumfries House, an Architectural Story by Simon Green edited by Jane Thomas published in February 2014.
The foundation stone of Dumfries House was laid in 1754 and the 5th Earl of Dumfries moved into his new house in 1760. John, Robert and James Adam were the architects and building contractors with Robert Adam producing the adopted design. Dumfries House passed by marrage to the Bute family. Since its creation the house has been adapted and altered by each generation most notably by 3rd and 4th Marquess's of Bute who made extensive and sensitive alterations using the architect Robert Weir Schultz.
For more detailed information see the RCAHMS publication Dumfries House, an Architectural Story by Simon Green edited by Jane Thomas published in February 2014.
The house and estate are now owned and managed by the Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust.
