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Muiresk House

A Category B Listed Building in Turriff, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5361 / 57°32'10"N

Longitude: -2.4968 / 2°29'48"W

OS Eastings: 370353

OS Northings: 849662

OS Grid: NJ703496

Mapcode National: GBR N86T.0WQ

Mapcode Global: WH8MG.MV83

Plus Code: 9C9VGGP3+C7

Entry Name: Muiresk House

Listing Name: Muiresk House

Listing Date: 24 November 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350141

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16413

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350141

Location: Turriff

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Parish: Turriff

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

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Description

West wing: circa 1700 (fine moulded chimneypiece in centre attic
room) 2-storey and dormerless attic 5-window, centre gablet
with arched attic window, moulded skew ends, centre 2-column
Roman-Doric open portico with wood entablature c 1840. NE and
SE wings forming U-plan, mid 18th century.
Interior entirely remodelled circa 1830/40 retaining only late
18th century 1st floor drawing-room (now bedroom) and original
stair to attic, new staircase in SE wing, low 1st floor gallery
corridor and other additions inserted in court. Harled with
margins. 17th century armorial panel in SE wing, probably not
in its original position.

Statement of Interest

Note: The date 1604 is frequently given for this house, that

being the date when James VI and I granted Muiresk and Kinnermit

to Francis Earl of Errol. But the charter preserved within the

house makes it quite clear that there was already a house on

the property at that date. The present house was built by the

Brodies. Some work was probably done on it after Alexander

Dirom became proprietor, in 1767, the c 1830-40 remodelling was

done for James Brodie Spottiswoode

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