Scottish Country Houses, 1600-1914 / / Ian Gow, Alistair Rowan.
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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of 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