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.
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
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Garden and Designed Landscape - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Dunecht House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ 39.3 " N , 2 ° 24 ′ 47.6" W.