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Kirkton House, Drummuir

A Category B Listed Building in Speyside Glenlivet, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4822 / 57°28'55"N

Longitude: -3.0445 / 3°2'40"W

OS Eastings: 337470

OS Northings: 844032

OS Grid: NJ374440

Mapcode National: GBR L8VY.G2L

Mapcode Global: WH7LG.66HD

Plus Code: 9C9RFXJ4+V6

Entry Name: Kirkton House, Drummuir

Listing Name: Drummuir, Kirkton House

Listing Date: 24 March 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 333195

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB2299

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200333195

Location: Botriphnie

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Speyside Glenlivet

Parish: Botriphnie

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Probably mid-18th century, possibly incorporating earlier
core and with some re-used dressings. E facing 2-storey,
5-bay house with various 19th century additions at rear
and further single storey, single bay addition at N gable.
Tooled squared granite frontage, harl pointed rubble flanks,
tooled sandstone ashlar and tooled contrasting granite
ashlar dressings.
Centre round-headed entrance with Gibbsian blocked surround
flanked each side by single round-headed moulded windows
(window and door dressings appear earlier and re-used).
5 narrow 1st floor windows linked by contrasting dark granite
cill and lintel bands with keystone detailing above each
lintel. Small centre attic window in each gable, the S gable
flanked by continous 2-storey, 2-bay addition forming garden
front with irregular fenestration and ground floor projecting
3-light rectangular window with crenellated wallhead. Further
2-storey rear wing.
Multi-pane glazing in ground floor front windows, 4-pane in
1st floor; all front windows fitted with 4 external shutter
hooks; varied glazing elsewhere. Coped end and ridge
stacks; slate roofs.
INTERIOR: damaged by fire in 19th century; altered
and modernised.

Statement of Interest

Said to date from circa 1700, possibly constructed in 2

phases, the 1st floor added to original ground floor in mid 18th century. It is remotely possible that the ground floor window

jambs were re-used from the 1617 parish church, replaced

by present church in 1820.

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