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Airthrey Castle
Country House (18th Century), Hospital (20th Century), University (20th Century)
Site Name Airthrey Castle
Classification Country House (18th Century), Hospital (20th Century), University (20th Century)
Canmore ID 47133
Site Number NS89NW 29
NGR NS 81221 96709
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47133
- Council Stirling
- Parish Logie (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS89NW 29.00 81221 96709 Airthrey Castle
NS89NW 29.01 81667 96573 East Lodge
NS89NW 29.02 81460 96897 Walled Garden
NS89NW 29.03 81492 96987 Garden Cottage
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Robert Adam, 1790. Castellated.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Original drawings at Gleneagles House, Perthshire.
Soane Museum Drawings - Adam Collection, Vol 48 Nos. 75-89.
NMRS REFERENCE
Designs for a D-plan castellated house for Robert Haldane Esq. Very late in Adam's ouevre, with earlier designs begun 1790, and these castellated proposals (see collection items B30609 -B30611), proberbly early 1791. Executed without Robert Adam's supervision, but instead under Thomas Russell, who offered a cheaper rate. Forecourt never built; entrance front rebuilt 1891. (See A.Rowan, 'Designs For Castles and Country Villas', p.144-145).
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Records Office
GD 124/17/674/2/Page 306
Repairs and furnishings for Airthrey Castle.
Note of payments amounting to £250.8.4.
Ledger
1852
Photographic Survey (1954)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1954.
