ID: 700009517 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009517	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Bonaly Tower (residences, country; additions by William Henry Playfair and others; patron: Henr...; N/A; Colinton (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe, World...)

Note: Former country residence of Lord Cockburn, built as an extension of a 17th century farmhouse. Imitation peel tower added by architect William Henry Playfair in 1839; western wing added by architect David Bruce in 1870. The original farmhouse was completely obscured when the library wing was constructed in 1888 by architects Sydney, Mitchell and Wilson. Bonaly Tower was the venue for frequent meetings of the 'Friday Club," a group of leading Edinburgh literati hosted by Lord Cockburn. The building is now subdivided into apartments.

Titles:

Bonaly Tower (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Bonaly Towers (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

residences, country [300005567] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by location or context>, <houses by location: settlement area>, rural houses)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: N/A

Creator Display:

additions by William Henry Playfair and others; patron: Henry Thomas Cockburn, Lord Cockburn [preferred]

patron Cockburn, Henry Cockburn, Lord (Scottish judge, author, 1779-1854) [500475945]

architect Playfair, William Henry (Scottish architect, 1790-1857) Extent: addition [500031670]

architects unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) Extent: original work [500125220]

architect Bruce, David (Scottish architect, 19th century) Extent: addition [500475946]

architects Sydney Mitchell and Wilson (Scottish architectural firm, founded ca. 1887) Extent: addition [500475947]

Locations:

Current: Colinton [4012594] (Geographic)

Address Note: 55.895956°N 3.257439°W

Other: Bonaly [8712250] (Geographic)

Display Materials: masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
Bonaly Tower	........ [VP]
	........ Douglas Archives [online] (2000-)
Bonaly Towers	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99389/hill-adamson-bonaly-towers-colinton-1843-1848/

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Douglas Archives [online] (2000-) accessed 6 August 2018