Dunecht House

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Dunecht House

Dunecht House is a manor house near the Scottish village of Dunecht in the Aberdeenshire Council Area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The associated tower lodges are classified separately as Category A buildings, while two other structures are classified as Category B monuments. The entire property is on the Scottish Landscaping Register . The highest rating “outstanding” was awarded in three of the seven categories.

history

The nucleus of Dunecht House was built in 1820. In 1845 Alexander Lindsay , who later became the 25th  Earl of Crawford , who made his fortune from coal mining in Lancashire , bought the property. In 1859, Lindsay entrusted the Scottish architects John and William Smith with the extension of Dunecht House. In 1867 George Edmund Street was commissioned to add a chapel and library. Construction work ended with Lindsay's death in 1881. Dunecht House sold his inheritance to A. C. Pirie of Craibstone in 1900 . This commissioned George Bennet Mitchell to redesign the gardens. He also developed the village of Dunecht, which was previously called Waterton . In 1907 Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray initially leased the property and eventually acquired it two years later. After the end of the First World War , Dunecht House and its gardens were further developed. Many timbers fell victim to a storm in 1953.

description

The manor is isolated off the A944 between the villages of Dunecht and Echt . While the original building is classical in design, the later extensions feature various historicizing styles, including the Neo-Romanesque and Italianate styles . One of the striking features is the four-story tower that protrudes over the structure of the two-story mansion. A porte-cochère and a winter garden have meanwhile been removed.

East Gate with the Tower Houses

The Tower Lodges are located around three kilometers east of the manor on the north bank of the Loch of Skene . The buildings, completed in 1923 based on a design by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie , represent traditional Scottish tower houses . The four-storey towers are designed with cantilevered battlement reinforcement and rounded stair towers. The bombastic gate with its high wrought-iron gates extends between the houses .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ a b Garden and Designed Landscape - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Web links

Commons : Dunecht House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ 39.3 "  N , 2 ° 24 ′ 47.6"  W.