Stables

NOTES: Acquired by the Sue Ryder Foundation in 1976, this medieval manor house was subsequently restored and converted by Alan Wilson to provide care for patients of the Radiotherapy Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital. The Tudor wing opened in 1981 followed by the King's Wing in 1983.

NOTES: Designed originally in 1742 by Matthew Brettingham, this mansion was extended in 1780-1785 by Samuel and James Wyatt. It was gutted by fire in 1882 and by 1981 it had fallen into a state of severe disrepair, when it was acquired by Kit Martin (Historic Houses Rescue), who built a new house for himself in the central portion and converted the Wyatt additions into 20 dwellings.

NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 3: Town Workshop' in Architectural Review, vol. 146, 1969 Nov. In the early 1950s Robert Wilson & Sons established their food canning business in the stable block, designed by Robert Adam, of Eglinton Castle, which became part of the area of Irvine New Town, designated in 1965. These premises were insufficient to accomodate the expanding butchery department so an 'Air House', devised by the Gourock Ropework Company, was erected at the rear of the stables in 1969.

NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 3: Town Workshop' in Architectural Review, vol. 146, 1969 Nov. In the early 1950s Robert Wilson & Sons established their food canning business in the stable block, designed by Robert Adam, of Eglinton Castle, which became part of the area of Irvine New Town, designated in 1965. These premises were insufficient to accomodate the expanding butchery department so an 'Air House', devised by the Gourock Ropework Company, was erected at the rear of the stables in 1969.

NOTES: This farm with coach house and outbuildings was part of Gregories, the country estate of the Anglo-Irish politician Edmund Burke (1729-1797). The country house, Gregories Court, was completed in 1793 only to be burnt down in 1813. The farm was acquired in the 1920s by the influential editor and journalist James Louis Garvin (1868-1947) who had the coach house, Piebalds, converted into a library for his own use.