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Boathouse, Pitfour House Estate

A Category C Listed Building in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5299 / 57°31'47"N

Longitude: -2.0436 / 2°2'37"W

OS Eastings: 397486

OS Northings: 848860

OS Grid: NJ974488

Mapcode National: GBR P89T.JG4

Mapcode Global: WH9NT.LZ2W

Plus Code: 9C9VGXH4+XH

Entry Name: Boathouse, Pitfour House Estate

Listing Name: 'The Boathouse', the Lake, Pitfour (Captain Curzon)

Listing Date: 16 April 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349777

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16067

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349777

Location: Old Deer

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Central Buchan

Parish: Old Deer

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Boathouse

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Description

Probaby before 1820. Single-storey artificial rubble-built ruin with gothic arches; granite dressings; landing area for boats.

Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006). The listing relates specifically to the group interest of the subject. It applies, as always, to interior as well as exterior, as appropriate to building type.

Statement of Interest

B group

Although the house was demolished in 1927-30 and the grounds have suffered much from timber felling, the Lake and its surrounding buildings still have great landscape and architectural value.

The buildings are probably all the work of John Smith who is credited with the house (reconstructed c 1809; fire damaged 1820, reinstated with further additions 1821-2) in the A.P.S.D. and his Aberdeen Journal Obituary.

Virtually nothing remains of the house; the basin of the fountain survives on the E. much damaged. The Riding School is much altered.

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