William Adam Edinburgh, Scottish Neoclassical Architecture, Photo, House, Works
William Adam Architect, Scotland
Scottish Classical Architect – Georgian Buildings, UK
post updated 28 Mar 2021
William Adam Architect – Key Projects
Key Buildings by architect William Adam, all in Scotland, alphabetical:
Chatelherault Lodge, Lanarkshire, south west Scotland
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Duff House, Banff, Banffshire, northeast Scotland
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scanned image © Adrian Welch
General Wade’s Bridge, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
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Haddington Town House, East Lothian
Date built: 1748
originally by William Adam but little of his work remains
Haddington building : photo from Wylie Shanks Architects
Haddington Town House
wylieshanks architects were appointed in 2012 as conservation architects to East Lothian Council for the repair of the steeple, which has spalling stonework and a damaged finial.
Haddo House, Aberdeenshire
Date built: –
Mellerstain House, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Image © Adrian Welch
Mellerstain
Stately home set within 80 hectares of parkland
Home of the 13th Earl of Haddington
The east and west wings were completed first, by architect William Adam. They were built for George Baillie and Lady Grisel Baillie.
When Lady Grisel Baillie died, a son of the Earl of Haddington inherited Mellerstain – George Hamilton. He commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the central part of the property.
This was forty five years after his father William had built the wings. The intricate plasterwork interior is a very good example of Robert Adam’s (eponymous) style, using Greek motifs and unusual combinations of colours.
Old College – Library, Glasgow University
Date built: 1732
Pollok House, Pollokshaws, Lanarkshire
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Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen
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photograph © Adrian Welch
Robert Gordon’s College
Yester House, East Lothian
Dates built: 1699-1728
Design by James Smith & Alexander MacGill, with interventions by William & Robert Adam
Yester House is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s. Construction of the present house began in 1699, and continued well into the 18th century in a series of building phases. It is now protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds of the house are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
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Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
William Adam Scotland – Practice Information
Background
William, father of famous Scottish architect Robert Adam, was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, eastern Scotland, in 1689.
In 1724 William transformed Hopetoun House (Sir William Bruce, 1700) into a great Scottish Classical House and this remains one of his key works. He was appointed in 1729 as the Surveyor of the Kings’ Works in Scotland. Robert joined John as an architect apprentice to his father William Adam in 1746.
William died in 1748 and was buried at Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Robert then became John’s partner in the family business.
John Adam was born 1721 and his brother James Adam in 1732.
Scottish Architecture
Scottish Tour : key Scottish Buildings
Edinburgh Tours : Architecture Walking Tours
There is a contemporary Robert Adam architect, based in England who practices in the Classical style of architecture: Robert Adam Architects
William Adam’s son – architect Robert Adam
Key Hopetoun House by Robert Adam in South Queensferry, Scotland
Literature House for Scotland, John Knox House, Edinburgh
Winning Architects: Witherford Watson Mann ; Groves-Raines Architects Studios ; Studio MB
Literature House for Scotland
Buildings / photos for the William Adam Architect page welcome
