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Stables, Durn House, Portsoy

A Category B Listed Building in Fordyce, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6742 / 57°40'27"N

Longitude: -2.6918 / 2°41'30"W

OS Eastings: 358836

OS Northings: 865139

OS Grid: NJ588651

Mapcode National: GBR M8QF.MLJ

Mapcode Global: WH7KN.MCDQ

Plus Code: 9C9VM8F5+M7

Entry Name: Stables, Durn House, Portsoy

Listing Name: Durn House Stables

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343103

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10621

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Portsoy, Durn House, Stables

ID on this website: 200343103

Location: Fordyce

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Parish: Fordyce

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Stable

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Description

Later 18th century. Single storey and loft, wide 5-bay stable
and carriage house range. Rubble, ashlar dressings.
Slightly advanced and gabled centre bay with large garage
entrance slapped in ground floor. Single round-headed
keystoned loft door with blocked imposts in centre of
gable flanked by loft vents and with apex corniced bellcote.
Doorway set in segmental recess in centre of outer bay at
left (N); similar segmental entrance to carriage house
in outer bay at right (S) single loft window above.
Forestair at S gable with rubble parapet and round-headed
recessed 'goose bay' in base, leads to loft entrance in S
gable; plank door with 18th century hand-made latch with
heart-shaped bracket.
Later single storey gig house at N gable and low range of
additional stables at rear. Slate roof.
INTERIOR: 4-stalled stable accommodationl; only end
mural trevis (stall partition) survives with half round
end post and urn finial. 4 semi-circular ashlar lined
hay-hecks fronted by racks and with keystoned moulded arch;
these rise through wall to loft above where they terminate in
simple round-headed arches. Moulded plaster ceiling cornice
and centre roundel. Former harness/saddle/grooms' room
at left, carriage house at right.

Statement of Interest

Fine quality stables. Hay was dropped from loft through

semi-circular openings to feeding bays below.

Interior of stables similar to those at Gordon Castle,

1769-82, John Baxter, architect.

Goose bay below external forestair housed geese which

acted as 'watch dogs'. Unusual survival.

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