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 | M076 Addition and alterations to Morland, SkelmorlieAddress: Long Hill, Skelmorlie PA17 5DSDate: 1892–4; 1895 Client: Laurence Robertson Authorship:  (Office) |
Morland, a large red sandstone mansion overlooking the Firth of Clyde, evolved to its present size in stages. The original house dates from 1862. 1 John Honeyman altered and extended it in 1874 for the Glasgow accountant and stockbroker Laurence Robertson, and in 1893–4 John Honeyman & Keppie added a further extension, apparently including a music room. 2 Robertson died in December 1894, and the following year the firm did a small amount of work for his widow involving a marble fender. 3
Authorship: John Keppie attended at least one site meeting with the Robertsons in connection with the 1893–4 extension, and he may have been the partner in charge of the job. 4 No evidence that Mackintosh contributed to the design has so far come to light, but there is a minor pencil annotation in his hand in the office records, which suggests he may have been involved with the project in some way. 5
Cost from office job book: Phase 1: £2577 16s 2d; Phase 2: £50 3s 11d
Status: Standing building
Current name: Moreland House
Current use: Residential (2014)
Listing category: B
Historic Scotland/HB Number: 7288
RCAHMS Site Number: NS16NE 28
Grid Reference: NS 19397 68174
GPS coordinates: lat = 55.872783, lng = -4.888239 (Map)
Notes:
1: Rob Close and Anne Riches, Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire and Arran, New Haven, CT, and London: Yale University Press, 2012, p. 613.
2: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie job book, GLAHA 53059, pp. 208–11.
3: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, pp. 139–40.
4: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie visit book, GLAHA 53060, p. 27.
5: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie visit book, GLAHA 53060, p. 27.
