13 Montgomerie Terrace, Skelmorlie
Pictures: 1. Postcard looking towards Dunard from Skelmorlie Hydro. Source: Facebook SK & WB in their Heyday. 2. Dunard from West. Source: Rightmove sales brochure. 3. 1910 Ordinance Survey Map. 4. Picture of Dunard from the 1970s showing the extent of the house and gardens. Source: Mr Stuart & Mrs Margaret Robertson. 5. Coach house/cottage & gateway (1980). Source: http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1943337
| Owners | Dates | Alterations |
|---|---|---|
| The Earl of Eglinton & Winton | Pre 1870 | Landowner |
| Mr John McKinnon & family | 1870 – 1920 | House built for John McKinnon in 1870. Architect – William Nairn Tait |
| Mr & Mrs James Cant & family | 1920 – 1938 | Servants’ wing extended upwards. Stained-glass windows added to upper bathrooms. |
| Mr George B McAulay | 1938 – 1961 | Art Deco bathroom installed |
| Mr & Mrs Ian Roberts | 1961 – 1965 | |
| Mr & Mrs Denys Lomax | 1965 – 1967 | |
| MR & Mrs Arthur White | 1967 – 1973 | |
| Mr & Mrs Brian Fahey | 1973 – 2006 | 1985/86: Property divided into 3. |
About the House:
Dunard from the West
Dunard occupies a hillside position overlooking the Firth of Clyde between Montgomerie Terrace and Eglinton Gardens. Its neighbours (in 1910) were Craigievar to the south, West Park to the north, and Skelmorlie Hydropathic to the west. See the ordinance survey map above for more details.[1]
The land for Dunard (1 acre and 10.3 poles) was purchased from the Earl of Eglinton and Winton in 1870 by John McKinnon, an accountant from Glasgow. John then commissioned the Glasgow architect William Nairn Tait to design and build the house. [2][12]
Historic Scotland describes Dunard as a 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, L-plan, Italianate villa with a 3-storey crenelated entrance tower and a 2-storey canted bay window, corbelled out to form a gable.[2]
The house is constructed from stugged red sandstone with polished red sandstone ashlar dressings. At the corners of the building, there are long and short external cornerstones (see picture 3 below). The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass and the eaves are deep-bracketed and corniced. The roof is covered with graded grey slate and the chimneys have corniced stacks and decorative clay cans.[2]
At the base of the central tower (picture 1 below) is a roll-moulded, arched entrance porch supported on tapered piers with simple capitals. The original double storm doors have been removed, but the half-glazed interior door with bevelled glass remains.[2][3]
The main house is linked to the former coach house/cottage by a castellated wall (picture 2 below) with a raised central section and blind arrow slits to each side. The arch itself is described as depressed or flattened.[2]
The only external alteration to the house (other than adding a door to access 16a Eglinton Gardens, when the building was divided in the 1970s) is an extension to the service wing on the east side of the building (picture 3 below). The original plans (in Glasgow City Archives) show that this service wing was originally single-storey. Since then, an additional floor has been added, probably in the 1920s, which has covered the main staircase window so that it now looks internally over the back stair (pictures 4 & 5 below). [2]
Dunard architectural features
| Photos: 1. Entrance porch at the base of the 3-storey entrance tower. 2. Castellated link wall between the main house and coach house/cottage. 3. Second-floor extension to the rear. 4.& 5. Original stained-glass staircase window 6. Attic & corbels. 7. Dunard from the east. Sources: Pictures 1 – 6 were taken by ND with the kind permission of the owners. [3] Picture 7 sales brochure by David Fisher of EXP UK. |
Dunard conversion
Authors’ note: There are two blank carved circles over the entrance archway (picture 1 above), a further one between the bay window and third-floor gable (picture 6 above), and a blank shield above the link archway (picture 2 above). We understand that when houses of this period were built, the decorative carvings and engraving would be left to the end and only completed if money was left over or more was made available.[3]
Today, Dunard is split into three apartments:
- 13 Montgomerie Terrace which owns most of the ground floor (except the original staircase and a room towards the rear which has been used as an entrance to 16A Eglinton Gardens) and half of the second floor to the rear.
- 16A Eglinton Gardens comprises an entrance hallway on the ground floor to the rear, half of the second floor towards the front of the building, and the third floor/attic.
- 16 Eglinton Gardens which is essentially the detached former coach house/cottage. [2]
Overall, Historic Scotland believes that the division of the building in 1985/6 was very sensitive for its date and has had minimal impact on the original fabric of the building. [2]
The house with the gates, gate piers, boundary wall, garden terrace, steps, and drainage channel are ‘B’ listed under the Historic Scotland scheme.[2]
Author: Note that the gate pier’s upper section is a miniature of the castellation at the top of the entrance tower.
Dunard gate post contiguous with tower
Moving inside of the house via the main door.
The hallway runs west to east away from the front door. Downstairs, there are intricate floral cornices in the hallway and principal rooms and some decorative plaster ceiling roses (see pictures 1. & 2. below). [3]
To the left of the front door, is a double doorway featuring glass panelled doors opening into the current sitting room, most likely the original drawing room. Many of the original features remain, wooden panelling to dado level (i.e. 2-3 feet from the floor), wooden shutters around the large bay window, a display cupboard with glazed doors, and a timber mantel with thin paired pilasters (pictures 4 & 5 below). [2][3]
Dunard interior plasterwork and features
| Photos: 1. Decorative plasterwork in hallway. 2. Ceiling rose in the hallway. 3. Double doors into today’s sitting room. 4. & 5.Original features of the sitting room. Source: ND with the kind permission of the owners. [3] |
The main staircase, located beyond the sitting room on the left-hand side, is constructed from timber and has carved newel posts. This staircase is now part of 16a Eglinton Gardens and is inaccessible from the ground-floor apartment. Instead, the inhabitants of 13 Montgomerie Terrace access their first floor using the staircase added in the 1920s which contains the outside of the original stained-glass stair window. [2][3]
Authors’ note: We are told that there was a telephone room just under the staircase when the McAulay’s lived at Dunard (behind where the coat stand (picture 3 above) sits today. [23]
Today’s dining room is located on the right after entering the front door. The original fireplace and mantel have been replaced, but the cornice and picture-rail shelf remain. It’s believed this room was originally the “morning room” despite not facing east. [3]
Authors’ note: The ladies of the house generally used a morning room to avoid the servants and allow them to clean the rest of the house undisturbed.
The next room on the right-hand side of the hallway, is believed to have been the original dining room. Although this room has since been divided into a bedroom and a small library, an original door to the garden and what is believed to have been a croquet lawn, still exist. [3]
Towards the back of the house is the kitchen with its original wooden cupboards and a scullery with its double Belfast sink. [3]
Dunard interior features
| Photos: 1. Cornice and plasterwork in today’s dining room. 2. Doorway to the garden and the croquet lawn. 3. Original kitchen cupboards. Source: ND with the kind permission of the owners [3]. |
Moving upstairs.
At the top of the stairs, are 3 small bedrooms which would have been added when the servant’s quarters were extended upwards. These rooms may well have been servants’ bedrooms but equally could have been children’s bedrooms and a nursery.[3]
In addition to these rooms to the rear/east of the house, there is a large bedroom with a plain cornice and one of the original bathrooms. Although the bathroom suite has since been updated, the stained glass in the window and doorway of this bathroom are likely to date back to the 1920s or earlier. [3]
Dunard stained glass
| Photos: 1.&2. Stained-glass window in the upstairs bathroom window and door – 13 Montgomerie Terrace. Source: ND with the permission of the owners. 3. Art Deco bathroom and stained-glass window in 16a Eglinton Gardens. Source: Rightmove sales brochure. |
Although the author has not seen inside 16a Eglinton Gardens, the listing refers to the upstairs bathroom in that part of the house. “The stained glass in the bathroom is particularly good and depicts sailing boats (see picture 3 above). The top of the bathroom door is dated 1921 and it’s assumed this was when the stained glass was added.” These windows are still in place today, as is the stunning 1938 Art Deco bathroom (black vitrolite tiles, round mirror, cream bathroom suite, and chrome art-deco taps ). [2]
Dunard irregular window
The former coach house/cottage, now 16 Eglinton Gardens, is contiguous to the main house and linked by an arched gateway. Inside what is now the living room is an unusual, irregular-shaped window (not original) that makes the most of the views across the Clyde. [2]
About the Owners
John McKinnon (Snr) & family (1870 – 1920)
John McKinnon (Snr) was born in 1814 to Lachlan McKinnon, a contractor, and Elizabeth (Logan) McKinnon. [4]
Although we’ve been unable to discover anything about his early life, i.e. birthplace, siblings, and schooling, we have identified that he married Margaret Paul in 1938 when he was 24 and she was 21. The wedding took place in Govan in the Barony district of Glasgow. Her father was James Paul, a potato merchant. Her mother was Margaret (Bain) Paul. [4]
John (Snr) and Elizabeth eventually had nine children: Margaret (1840), Robert (1842), John (Jnr) (1844), Eliza (1846), Janet/Jessie (1849), James (1851), Thomas (1856), William (1858) and Jane Cowan (1861). [4]
By 1851, the family lived at 424 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow (a main road through the Townhead area of Glasgow). John (Snr ) was 37 and a wholesale drapery merchant. Margaret was 34. By this time six of their children had been born: Margaret (11), Robert (9), John (Jnr) (7) Elizabeth (5), Janet (2), and James (4 months old). Two domestic servants were also living with the family. [5]
Ten years later, the family had moved to a 5-roomed (with one or more windows) property on Dumbarton Road, Govan. By this time, all 9 children were born. John (Snr) was still working as a wholesale drapery merchant. Robert, who was then 19, was a clerk in a wholesale draper, and John (Jnr), then 17, was a linen draper. Presumably, both boys worked in the family business. The family had no live-in servants at this property, but Margaret’s mother lived with them. By this time, she was a widow and gave her occupation as a retired draper.[5]
In 1869/70, John (Snr) bought land in Skelmorlie and commissioned William Tait to design and build Dunard as a weekend retreat/summer residence for the family.[2]
John (Snr)’s fortunes continued to improve. By 1871, the family had moved to the 11-roomed 60 Bath Street in Glasgow. John (Snr) was 56, and his occupation had become an accountant. Also at Bath Street were his wife Margaret (53) and five of their nine children: daughter Margaret (30), Robert (28), a commercial clerk, James(19), a railway clerk, William (13), and Jane (9). There were no live-in servants.[5]
The remaining four children (John (Jnr) (25), an accountant, Eliza (20), Jessie (18), and Thomas(14)) were staying at Dunard at the time with one domestic.[6]
In 1876, John (Snr) died aged 62 at the family’s new home, 14 India Street, Glasgow. His son John (Jnr) was at his bedside. A year later, Jane, the baby of the family, died aged just 17.[4]
Despite John (Snr)’s death, the family kept on both India Street in Glasgow and Dunard.[5][6]
In 1881, Margaret (62) was at the 12-roomed India Street property. Five of her children, all still unmarried, were with her. John Jnr (36), an accountant, James(29), a railway clerk, Eliza (34), Jessie (31), and Thomas(24), an engineer’s clerk. Her daughter Margaret (39), an annuitant, and son William (23), a grain merchant, were staying at the 21-roomed Dunard. [5][6]
Eight years later in April 1889, John (Jnr) aged 45, married Christine Watson aged 26. Christine’s father was Frederick Watson, a hairdresser, and her mother was Christina (Laurie) Watson already deceased. The wedding took place at Brougham Street, Greenock.[4]
After their wedding, John (Jnr) and Christina moved to a small 4-roomed house in Gray Street, Glasgow, where their first son John McKinnon was born a year later.[4]
In February 1891 John (Jnr)’s mother died aged 74 at her India Street home. [4]
At the time, John (Jnr), Christina, and their son John were still living at Gray Street with one live-in servant. Christina must have been pregnant as the couple’s second son Frederick Watson McKinnon was born at home later that year.[4][5]
Staying at Dunard at this time was Jessie Reid Young, a widow, aged 27, living off her means. Staying with her was her 14-year-old sister Jeanie McBride and her two brothers-in-law: 19-year-old Alexander Young, a coalmaster’s clerk, and 17-year-old John Young, a mercantile clerk. There was also one house/table maid. [6]
Authors’ note: In 1891, Dunard was still owned by the McKinnon family. We haven’t been able to find a connection between the Youngs and the McKinnons but there may not be one as it was commonplace at the time to let a property if the family wasn’t using it.
By 1901, John (Jnr) (57) was living at the 7-roomed, 39 Cecil Street, Glasgow with his wife Christina (38), and son Fred (9). His eldest son John had died in 1893 aged just 2. There was one live-in servant. [4][5]
Margaret (Jnr)(49), John (Jnr)’s older sister together with his younger sister Elizabeth and one domestic servant were staying at Dunard. [6]
In 1907, John (Jnr)’s wife Christina died aged 44 when their son Fred was only 16.[4]
Since John (Snr) died in 1876, Dunard had been held in trust firstly for “Mrs Margaret Paul or McKinnon” i.e. John (Snr)’s wife, and then after she died for his daughter “Miss Margaret McKinnon”. When Margaret (Jnr) died in December 1908, ownership of Dunard passed to John (Jnr).[4][6][7]
In 1911, John (Jnr) (67) was living at Dunard with his son Fred (19). Both gave their occupation as accountants and property agents. There were two live-in servants: a housekeeper and a general servant.[6]
A few years later, in 1913, John (Jnr) purchased Stroove, approximately 50 metres from Dunard, from the then-owner Donald MacDonald. It’s not clear what John (Jnr) intended to do with Stroove but two years later (at the time of the 1915 valuation roll) John (Jnr) still owned both Dunard and Stroove, declaring that he lived at Dunard and that Stroove was empty.[7][8]
One year later in Sept 1916, Stroove was sold by the “trustees of the sequestered estates of John McKinnon” to Captain Cedric Sinclair Scott. Note that although Stroove was sequestered, Dunard where John (Jnr) lived, and his business premises, at Wellington Street Glasgow, were unaffected.[4][8]
Two years later in April 1918, John (Jnr) died aged 74, at a nursing home in Glasgow after a three-year battle with cancer. His usual address was Dunard, Skelmorlie, a place with which he’d had association for over 50 years. [4]
Dunard was sold after John (Jnr)’s death. His son Fred moved to Glasgow until he died in 1924 aged just 32.[4]
James Cant and family (1920 – 1936)
The next owner of Dunard was James Cant, a Timber Broker, who purchased the property in 1920 when he was 68.
James Cant came from humble beginnings. He was born in the summer of 1852 to John Cant, and Agnes (Mitchell) Cant in Cumbernauld.[9]
From the 1851 census and his parent’s marriage certificate (April 1851), we learn that James’s father John was 40 and a labourer when he married Agnes. Before the wedding, John was lodging at Craigmarloch in Cumbernauld (a 3-roomed cottage). His landlady and head of the household was Margaret Mitchell (69), a farmer’s widow. Also living under the same roof was Margaret’s daughter Agnes Mitchell (30), who was a (canal) bridge keeper.[10]
Authors’ note: Did John move in as a lodger just before he and Agnes were married or is this where James’s parents met?
As far as we’re aware James was the couple’s only child. In 1865 when James was only 13, his father died at Craigmarloch after 3 weeks of fever.[9]
At the time of the 1871 census Agnes (54) was still living at Craigmarloch as a canal bridge keeper (most likely the Forth & Clyde) and James (18) was a Commercial Clerk. Living with them were a general servant and two young lodgers, who were bricklayers.[10]
Sometime over the next 9 years, James left home and moved to Victoria Street, Partick. In September 1880, he married Fanny (Webster) Cant in Stow, Lincolnshire, presumably her hometown. Fanny was the daughter of Willian Webster, Brick and Tile Maker, and Sarah (Jollands) Webster. The couple had their first child, John, at their Victoria Street home a year later. [9][10]
By 1891, the family had moved to a 6-roomed house in Whiteinch. We learn that James then 39 was a timber measurer and an employer. With him was his wife Fanny (41), their son John (8), and two daughters Agnes (7) and Gertrude (5). [9][10]
Ten years later, i.e. 1901, the family had moved again, this time to the 13-roomed house, Woodholm, in Kilbarchan. At home were James Cant (48) a timber broker and employer and John (18) then a mercantile clerk. The ladies of the house, James’s wife Fanny (51)), Agnes(17), and Gertrude (15) were not at home. There was one servant and one visitor. [10]
In 1905 we learn that James Cant bought Kilmeny House (13 rooms) at 11 South Crescent, Ardrossan. He was still a timber broker and had premises at 52 St Enoch’s Square Glasgow. [6][7][11]
James and Fanny lived in Ardrossan until 1920 and then moved to Dunard in Skelmorlie. [12]
From the dates, we believe John and Fanny commissioned the upstairs extension to the rear when they moved to Dunard. This extension included the back stair (covering over the original staircase stained-glass window), the three smallish upstairs rooms to the east, and the striking stained-glass windows and doors in at least one of the bathrooms.[2][12]
A year later (1921), James (68) was still working as a Timber Broker, presumably taking the train to Glasgow as and when needed. Fanny his wife was 71. With them were John (38) also a Timber Broker and employer (presumably in the process of taking over from his father), Agnes (37), and two live-in domestics. [9]
In March 1925, Fanny died at home in Dunard, aged 75, with James at her side.[9]
James lived at Dunard until his death ten years later when he was 85. His daughter Gertrude was at his side. Six months later, John his only son also died.[9]
Once the estate was settled, Dunard passed to Agnes (54) and Gertrude (52). The sisters held onto the property until 1938 when they sold it to George McAulay.[12]
Agnes who had been widowed in 1925, and her sister Gertrude, moved to St Andrews until they died in 1970 (aged 85) and 1961 (aged 75) respectively. [9][12]
The sisters are buried in Largs cemetery on one side of their parents, with their brother on the other side.[13]
Mr George B McAulay (1938 -1961)
George Ballantyne McAulay was a company director in a bakery business when he purchased Dunard in 1938.[12][14]
He had been born 42 years earlier in 1896. His father was Walter Grieve McAulay, a master baker and his mother was Janet Smith (Ballantyne) McAulay. George’s parents were married in 1888 and had six children overall: Thomas (1889), Janet(1891), Walter (1894), George (1896), Ernest (1899), and Dorothy (1903).[14]
Just after George’s parents were married (1891), they lived in a 3-roomed flat in Lyle Street, Greenock. By the time George was born (1896), the family had moved to a 4-roomed flat in Bank Street. It’s understood that one of the bakeries was just round the corner from the house at Lynedoch Street. Business must have been good as sometime over the next fifteen years the family moved to an 11-roomed property in Newton Street, Greenock where they were registered for the 1911 and 1921 censuses. [15]
By 1921 George’s father Walter was 56, a master baker specialising in bread, biscuits, and pastry, and an employer. His wife Janet was 55. Thomas (32), the eldest son, had left the bakery business and become a cinema manager at the Pavilion Picture House. Walter (27) had become a baker (previously he was a clerk in a chartered accountancy firm). George (24) was also a baker and an employer, suggesting a second bakery business. Ernest (22) was a Marine Draughtsman and Dorothy (18) was still a scholar. [15]
In 1924, George (27), still living at his parent’s house married Evelyn May Dixon (25) who lived just round the corner. Evelyn’s father was Robert Dixon, an accountant who was already deceased and her mother was Harriet (Fleming) Dixon. [14]
As far as we can tell, there was only one child from the marriage, George Ballantyne McAulay (Jnr) born in 1927 in Greenock West. [13]
We lose track of George (Snr) and his family for the next 11 years. In 1938, he purchased Dunard where he lived until 1961, when he would have been 65. We understand that the family retired to the Isle of Man. [12] [23]
Authors’ note: We understand that during WW2, whilst George (Jnr) was away at boarding school, the family took in evacuees from Clydebank. The ladies from the local Woman’s Institute would meet the evacuees off the train when it arrived at Wemyss Bay. The children were bathed and had their hair cut before being allocated to local families willing to house them. We understand that George (Snr) and Evelyn would take in up to eight children. We’ve also been told that sometimes the evacuees’ mothers would visit, and some were so shocked at how clean the children were, that they immediately took them home. [3][23]
Mr & Mrs Roberts (1961-1965)
The next owners of Dunard were Ian Thomas Roberts and his wife Pamela Margaret (Donald) previously of Victoria Road in Gourock. The couple were married in 1959 and had 3 children: Jacqueline (1960), Christopher (1961), and Steven (1963), with Steven having been born in Skelmorlie, presumably at home. The nanny to the children was a local lady, Patsy Cathcart. The Roberts lived at Dunard for 4 years and then moved to the small village of Shiskene on the Isle of Arran. [12][16][17]
Mr & Mrs Lomax (1965-1967)
The Roberts sold Dunard to Denys Lomax and his wife Gladys. We have insufficient information to locate the family in the statutory registers, but we know they lived at Dunard for just over a year (Dec 1965 – Jan 1967). During this time, Patsy Cathcart was also a nanny to their children and the Cathcart family rented the coach house/cottage from the Lomaxes. [12][17]
Mr & Mrs White (1967-1973)
Arthur and Eva White purchased Dunard in January 1967 and changed the house name from Dunard to Tigh Geal (meaning House of White in Gaelic). [12][17]
Arthur worked in insurance, had his own company (presumably a brokerage), and published a book on the subject. [17]
The Cathcarts continued to rent the coach house /cottage for the first year of the White’s tenure. After the former had moved out, the Whites set up a kindergarten in the coach house/cottage. In the classroom, situated to the rear of the building, local 3-4-year-olds learned to read, write, and count. Mrs White was the teacher, and there were approximately 12 in the class including a very young Robert Cathcart. [17]
Mr & Mrs Fahey (1973 – 2006)
In 1973 Brian and Audrey Fahey from Purley, Sussex bought Tigh Geal/Dunard. [12]
Brian Fahey was the son of a musician and was born in Margate Kent in April 1919. He was educated at a grammar school where he learned piano and cello. As a teenager, he became interested in arranging and composing big-band music and jazz. [18][19][20]
On leaving school, Brian worked as a clerk with a leather company in east London. At the outset of WW2, Brian who was then 20 and a territorial soldier, was drafted into the regular army where he served in the Royal Artillery. [18][19][20]
He was wounded in the leg in the Dunkirk retreat and captured by the SS. Brian, together with 120 other English and French prisoners were shot on the ‘alleged’ orders of General Mohnke (an event later known as the Wormhoudt massacre). Left for dead, he was one of only nine survivors. He had broken ribs, and a perforated lung and couldn’t move his left leg. [18][19][20]
After recovering from his wounds and the removal of a lung, Brian spent 5 years in prisoner-of-war camps, during which time he worked on his musical skills. [18][19][20]
Demobbed in 1946, he joined the Musician’s Union and became a pianist with the Rudy Starita Band on an Ensa tour of Egypt & Palestine. During this time, he met and fell in love with the band singer Audrey Laurie (born Audrey Watkins) marrying her later that year. [18][19][20]
Authors’ note: ENSA or Entertainment National Service Association was an organisation established in 1939 to provide entertainment for the British military during and after WW2.
Following the ENSA tour, Brian played in various bands, and then from 1949-1959, he worked for a music publisher specialising in arrangements for singers, bands, and orchestras. [18][19][20]
After this, Brian worked as a freelance composer, forming associations with several major recording companies and the BBC. He wrote several film scores and ventured into the world of the theatre. [18][19][20]
Brian Fahey c. 1972
At the same time, the famous American arrangers – Billy May and Nelson Riddle, both close friends of the composer – tried to persuade Brian to emigrate to the US, but he turned down several lucrative contracts rather than disrupt family life which was all important to him. [18][19][20]
Following a spell as Shirley Bassey’s musical director, Brian became principal conductor of the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra in 1972, a position he held for nine years. [18][19][20]
In 1973, Brian and his wife Audrey purchased Tigh Geal/Dunard and moved with their younger children from Surrey. [12][18][22]
In 1984, Brian and Audrey successfully applied to the Earl of Eglinton to modify and alter the terms of the Feu contract which previously prohibited the sub-division of the house and grounds. [12]
Over the subsequent years, the couple sold a parcel of land that bordered Eglinton Gardens which was then used to construct new houses. They created 16 Eglinton Gardens from the coach house/cottage and divided the main house into 16a Eglinton Gardens and 13 Montgomerie Terrace as it is today. [12]
Brian and his wife continued to live in Skelmorlie until 2006, when Audrey died, a month after their diamond wedding anniversary. Brian then moved to Worthing to live with his eldest son. He died there six months later. [18][19]
Brian was interred at Largs cemetery, presumably beside his wife. [19]
Authors’ note: The current owners started to use the original house name for 13 Montgomerie Terrace, i.e. Dunard, since they purchased it in 1918.
Sources and References:
[1 ] 1910 Ordinance Survey map – Skelmorlie
[2] Historic Scotland listing for Dunard (Tigh/Geal), 13 Montgomerie Terrace, and 16 & 16A Eglinton Gardens.
[3] Information from current owners of 13 Montgomerie Terrace (Mr Stuart and Mrs Margaret Robertson).
[4] Birth, marriage and death certificates of John McKinnon and family.
[5] Various census records -1851 (St David’s), 1861 (Govan), 1871 (Blythswood), 1881 (Kelvin), 1891 (Barony), 1901 (Govan)
[6] 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, and 1921 censuses (Skelmorlie).
[7] Valuation rolls 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935 and 1940 (Skelmorlie)
[8] Sasine Register search sheet for Stroove, Montgomerie Terrace, Skelmorlie.
[9] Birth death and marriage certificates for James Cant and family.
[10] Various census records – 1851 (Cumbernauld), 1871 (Cumbernauld), 1881 (Govan), 1891 (Govan), 1901 (Kilbarchan), 1911 (Ardrossan).
[11] Glasgow Museum Art Donors – https://glasgowmuseumsartdonors.co.uk/2022/07/19/adams-first-sight-of-eve-provenance/
[12] Sasine Register search sheet for Dunard, 13 Montgomerie Terrace, Skelmorlie.
[13] Find a grave – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175486409/agnes_percival
[14] Birth death and marriage certificates for George B McAulay and family.
[15] Various census records relating to McAulay – 1891 (Greenock), 1901 (Greenock), 1911 (Greenock), 1921 (Greenock) .
[16] Birth and marriage certificates for Ian and Pamela Roberts and family.
[17] Recollections from Mrs Patsy Cathcart and her son Robert G Cathcart.
[18] Wikipedia – Brian Fahey(composer) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Fahey_(composer)
[19] Glasgow Herald – Brian Fahey Obituary – https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12774664.brian-fahey/
[20] Guardian – Brian Fahey Obituary – https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/02/guardianobituaries.obituaries
[21] Shirley Bassey blog – https://shirleybassey.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/1970-programme/
[22] Largs & Millport – https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/leisure/reviews/13751431.skelmorlie-lady-is-french-musical-star/