Lot 419
SIR ROBERT LORIMER (1864-1929) AND STUDIO
DRAWINGS AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AT GIBLISTON, FIFE, CIRCA 1915
Auction: 3 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
including VARIOUS PLANS OF THE HOUSE, dated August 1916; PLANS FOR THE GARDENER'S TOOL HOUSE, May 1918; NORTH; SOUTH; EAST ELEVATIONS; LONGITUDINAL SECTION; CROSS SECTION and ROOF PLAN, dated November 1919; SCULLERY PLATE RACK, March 1921; DOOR & WINDOW DETAILS, February 1920; DINING ROOM LAYOUT, MOULDING DETAILS and several other plans and drawings (qty)
Footnote
Provenance: Sir Robert Lorimer, 54 Melville Street, Edinburgh
Gibliston, Fife
thence by direct descent
until recently at Kellie Castle, Fife (on loan)
Note: Built circa 1820, Gibliston House near Colinsburgh, Fife was purchased by the Arts & Crafts architect and designer Sir Robert Lorimer in 1916. Lorimer undertook various extensions to north and to west of the house and on the estate from 1916 - 1929.