Hill House, Dunfermline

Category

Library Item

Item no

29135

Title

Hill House, Dunfermline

Artist / maker

Ross, Thomas

Date

1909

Size

38.5 x 27.3 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Art and Design Library

Thomas Ross was born at Wardheads, Errol, and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland.
In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to the latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications.

"The Hill House was built by William Monteith in 1623. Round the top of the staircase bartizan, outside in large open letters are the words in Latin NI DEVS AEDIFICET DOMVM - "Exept the Lord build the house " ( Ps . cxxvii. i. ) " - From Annals of Dunfermline 1623-1645.

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