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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
Location: Botriphnie
County: Moray
Electoral Ward: Speyside Glenlivet
Parish: Botriphnie
Traditional County: Banffshire
Tagged with: House
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.
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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