Wormiston House Stableblock & Pavilions, Fife
The stableblock is set some distance away from Wormiston House at the south east corner of a walled garden. Three ranges around a courtyard form a U-shaped plan facing south. The west and east wings have symmetrical south ends with Palladian pediments over three centred arches.
The buildings are intended for use as catered holiday letting and in order to meet this new use they required extension. Rather than alter the original roofline or to extend the stableblock in a matching design, two new pavilions were built in the corners of the garden around a gate on its central axis. This follows many precedents in early 18th century Scottish walled and formal garden layouts.
The style of the new pavilions is deliberately historicist because it was felt that a modern intervention would create a jarring note within the character of the walled garden and would also be contrary to the purpose of the new buildings. The proportions, character and detailing of the pavilions were derived from those at Melville House by James Smith after 1703. The Wormiston Pavilions were awarded The Georgian Group Architectural Award 2005 for best New Building in the Classical Tradition.
