Balruddery House

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Balruddery House around 1884
Gardens of Alruddery House about 1900

Balruddery House was a mansion near the Scottish town of Liff in the Council Area Angus . The mansion itself has meanwhile been demolished. However, various outbuildings still survive and are now classified as A, B and C Monuments in the Scottish Monuments Lists.

history

Balruddery House was built for James Webster around 1820 to a design by architect David Neave . Around 1865 it was supplemented by Charles Edward & Thomas Saunders Robertson . Sydney Mitchell & Wilson was entrusted with the revision around 1880 . After a fire in 1889, Balruddery House was restored. In the first half of the 1960s the mansion was demolished. It stretched from the Balruddery Burn to the Dron Burn , which marks the border between Angus and Perth and Kinross .

Outbuildings

The Landhaus Wester Balruddery House is located on the western edge of the property . The category B building has an elongated floor plan. Its masonry consists of quarry stone roughly cut into blocks . It closes with a tiled hipped roof , the ridge of which is made with terracotta tiles . The two-story building dates from the late 19th century.

To the northeast of Wester Balruddery House is the former ice house . It was probably built around 1820 based on a design by David Neave. It lies under a possibly artificial hill and is surrounded by a wall of roughly hewn stone. It is protected as a category C monument.

The former coach house is also located in the western part of the property. The two-story building, built around 1880, was designed by Charles Edward & Thomas Saunders Robertson . In 1992, two residential units were accommodated in the classicist stone building. The building is protected as a Category C monument.

The stables are in the eastern part of Balrudderys. The building, designed by David Neave around 1820, is listed as a Category C building. The one to two story buildings completely enclose an inner courtyard. Their final roofs are covered with gray slate. A doorway on the west side leads to the inner courtyard. On the south side there is a pigeon tower with a pyramid roof . In 1992 the former stables were converted into residential buildings.

East Gate

The two-story East Lodge is located southeast of the former mansion. It was created around 1880 based on a design by Charles Edward & Thomas Saunders Robertson and shows stylistic parallels to the former Remise. Its hipped roof is covered with gray slate. While the East Lodge is a Category C structure, the adjacent East Gate, which marks the east gate entrance to the site, is protected as a monument of the highest Category A. It was created when the mansion was being built. The gate consists of two large sandstone pillars , which are decorated with pilasters , curved hoods and urns on top. The double-leaf wrought iron gate was made around 1890.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Balruddery House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 28 '37 "  N , 3 ° 6' 48.7"  W.