Danefield House, Largs

Danefield House
Location	Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Coordinates	55.8095°N 4.8811°W / 55.8095; -4.8811
OS grid reference	NS 195,611
Built	1883
Built for	William Crum
Architect	John Douglas
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	8 September 1982
Reference no.	LB37169
Location in Ayrshire

Danefield House, Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland, is a late 19th-century villa designed for William Crum by John Douglas. Douglas's only house in Scotland, it is a Category B listed building.

History and description

The house is dated 1883 and was designed by John Douglas^[1] for W. G. Crum.^[2] The Crums were connected by marriage with Larg's most notable resident, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who had built a large mansion, Netherhall, in the town.^[3] They also rented Mere Old Hall in Cheshire, the county in which Douglas was most prolific.^[4]

Pevsner describes the style of Danefield as "a simplified version of (Douglas's) Arts and Crafts Paddocks (with a) dash of Scots Baronial".^[1] Of two storeys, with substantial cellars and attics, the villa is constructed of yellow ashlar with old red sandstone dressings.^[5] It is a Category B listed building.^[5]

References

1. Close & Riches 2012, p. 505.
2. Hubbard 1991, p. 256.
3. "North Ayrshire Heritage Trails". www.naheritagetrails.co.uk.
4. Thompson, Silvanus (1910). "Life of Lord Kelvin" (PDF). MacMillan & Co.
5. Historic Environment Scotland. "Greennock Road, Danefield House, stables, lodge and gatepiers (LB37169)". Retrieved 1 December 2019.

Sources

• Close, Rob; Riches, Anne (2012). Ayrshire and Arran. The Buildings of Scotland. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14170-2. OCLC 1006288155.
• Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. ISBN 0-901657-16-6. OCLC 886674687.

See also

• List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas