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Temple Of Theseus, Pitfour House Estate

A Category B Listed Building in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5284 / 57°31'42"N

Longitude: -2.0439 / 2°2'37"W

OS Eastings: 397472

OS Northings: 848693

OS Grid: NJ974486

Mapcode National: GBR P89T.QBF

Mapcode Global: WH9P0.K1YH

Plus Code: 9C9VGXH4+9F

Entry Name: Temple Of Theseus, Pitfour House Estate

Listing Name: Temple of Theseus, the Lake, Pitfour (Captain Curzon)

Listing Date: 16 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349778

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16068

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349778

Location: Old Deer

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Central Buchan

Parish: Old Deer

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Folly

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Description

Circa 1835 (?). Small Greek Docic Hexastyle temple with 34 granite- column peristyle; wood entabuature; very finely detailed.

Interior contains cold bath. Roof dilapidated and parts of cornice missing.

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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