Dunninald Castle, Forfarshire

Category

Library Item

Item no

13056

Title

Dunninald Castle, Forfarshire

Artist / maker

Webster, Mary

Date

1839

Size

24.8 x 29.3 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation below painting reads 'Sketched from nature 26th September 1839'.

Dunninald was built by the architect James Gillespie Graham in the Gothic Revival style,building started in 1819 and the house was completed in 1824.

James Gillespie Graham specialised in the gothic revival style and built many houses and churches around Scotland. He designed the Glenfinnan Monument in 1815, and one of his students was Augustus Pugin, who famously worked on the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London. Other notable works include St Andrews Cathedral in Glasgow and St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh. He designed the church at the top of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, now known as The Hub. Two of his major country house properties are now ruins: Armadale Castle on Skye and Cambusnethan Priory near Glasgow.

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