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Fordyce House

A Category B Listed Building in Fordyce, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6628 / 57°39'46"N

Longitude: -2.746 / 2°44'45"W

OS Eastings: 355588

OS Northings: 863906

OS Grid: NJ555639

Mapcode National: GBR M8LG.LRM

Mapcode Global: WH7KM.SNKG

Plus Code: 9C9VM773+4H

Entry Name: Fordyce House

Listing Name: Fordyce Village, Fordyce House (Former Church of Scotland Manse) Steading, and Garden Walls

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343107

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10625

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200343107

Location: Fordyce

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Parish: Fordyce

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Allegedly 1718, with considerable alterations and additions,
mainly of 19th century date. 2-storey, irregular 5-bay
house with projecting single storey wings forming U-plan
court linked by low coped walls; additional rear wings.
Harled with ashlar margins and dressings. Off-centre
entrance with panelled door; centre stair window; left bay
projects as full-height late 19th century gabled bay with
bipartite in ground and 1st floor. Single storey and
2-storey rear additions. Mainly 4-pane glazing. Coped and
panelled end stacks with tall late 19th century crenellated
barley-sugar twist paired chimney cans; Banffshire and other
slate roofs.
INTERIOR: much altered throughout life of house including
re-siting of staircase in late 19th century. Ground floor
kitchen at E of house retains original ceiling height.
STEADING: early-mid 19th century, single storey U-plan
steading. Rubble, tooled rubble dressings. Detached portion
at E side converted to garage use; remainder in poor
condition and disused.
GARDEN WALLS: irregular shaped garden enclosed by high
coped rubble walls (in part shared with burial ground and old
Fordyce Church); 3 square-headed bee boles recessed low in
S facing portion of wall.

Statement of Interest

Though now much altered the original 2-storey centre block

of this manse resembles Birkenbog, also thought to be early

18th century. The Abercrombie family of Birkenbog were

parish Heritors.

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