Description

Ruin. Central part severe rubble-built 3-storey, 3-
window, roofless; 2-storey Italianate S. addition, T-plan
harled with granite margins, broad-eaved low-pitched roof,
eaves belt course. Porte-cochere entrance tower on W.
with dome on pendentives, semi-circular arches with
continuous architraves, group of 3 round-arched windows
above each side and low pyramid roof with wide consoled
eaves; wooden conservatory in angle. 3-window bow on E.
gable. Finely composed and distinctively detailed. circa
1836. Office block on N. side of original house probably
of about same date, rubble-built twin curved gables with
cruciform chimneys.

Statement of Interest

Across the Banffshire border an oval walled garden with

a circular doocot now also derelict, and a segmentally

arched bridge across the Keithny Burn.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56617685

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy