Aberlour House

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Aberlour House

Aberlour House is a former manor house in the Scottish village of Aberlour in the Moray Council Area . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1987. Both the West Lodge and the East Lodge are also separately protected as Category A buildings. The gardens, the chef's house, the stables and a column are classified as Category B structures. The property is summarized as a category A monument ensemble.

history

It was Alexander Grant , who had made his fortune with plantations in the Caribbean, who built Aberlour House in 1839. However, it is doubtful whether he ever lived on the property permanently. After his death in 1854, his niece Margaret Gordon Macpherson inherited the property and had it expanded. While the Scottish architect William Robertson was responsible for the original design, his nephews Alexander and William Reid continued the work. In this construction phase, which lasted from 1854 to 1868, not only was the manor house substantially expanded, but various outbuildings were also built. In 1875 a fire damaged parts of the manor house.

The ownership structure after Margaret Macpherson-Grant's death in 1877 is in the dark. In 1885 the publisher and editor of The Scotsman , John Ritchie Findlay , acquired the property. In the same year Peddie & Kinnear did smaller jobs. In 1892 Robert Lorimer was entrusted with the addition of a salon and the interior design overhaul of Aberlour House. Most recently, minor additions were made by Reginald Fairlie in 1939. After the end of the Second World War , the Findlay family sold the property and a private primary school (in conjunction with Gordonstoun ) was established there. In order to meet the requirements of a school, various structural changes were made. This included, among other things, the conversion of the stables into classrooms and the construction of external buildings. After the school closed in 2005, the locally based company Walkers Shortbread bought Aberlour House and housed its administration there.

description

The two-story Aberlour House is soberly classicistic . Its masonry is built entirely from polished stone blocks. A tetrastyle portico emerges on the north-facing main facade , which is continued on the ground floor as a porte-cochère with Doric columns and a frieze in the Empire style. The rear parts of the building are partly flatter and partly come from the construction phase around the middle of the 19th century when a former inner courtyard was expanded. The facades are ornamented with cornices and partly with pilasters .

Lodges

The West Lodge, built by the Reid brothers in 1856, is located off the A95 next to the Walkers premises. The two-story building is done in the Italianate style . Its facades are plastered with Harl , with natural stone details set off. The entrance portal is verdachendem pilastriertem triangular pediment decorated. Above the next lying bent bow window are round-arched twin windows let in. The three-storey campanile on the north side, whose windows are pilastrated and crowned , is striking . It closes with a flat, slate-covered pyramid roof .

The East Lodge is also off the A95, but on the northeastern edge of the property. It is attributed to William Robertson and its year of construction is given as 1838. The single-storey building has a cross-shaped floor plan. Each face ends with a pair of Doric columns that support a triangular pediment. The motif is executed as a portico on the main facade, which is exposed to the southwest. The pillars of the associated gate are designed with cornices and seated urns. They carry cast iron gate leaves.

Individual evidence

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  8. ↑ a b Entry on Aberlour House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 57 ° 28 ′ 37.5 "  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 12.4"  W.