Dunlugas House

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Dunlugas House

Dunlugas House is a manor house near the Scottish village of Turriff in the Council Area of Aberdeenshire . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

In the 17th century, the Ogilvy clan ruled the stretch of land along the course of the Deveron . George Ogilvy of Dunlugas had the nucleus of Dunlugas House built on the site around 1680. This building now forms the rear wing of Dunlugas House. In 1793 the property passed to Hans George Leslie . He had a second house added. This also changed the orientation of Dunlugas House to the west. Around 1820, Aberdeen- based architect John Smith redesigned the mansion. The interior was redesigned by John Beresford Fowler around 1965 .

description

Dunlugas House stands over the right bank of the Deveron about three miles northwest of Turriff. Its exposed brickwork is made up of dark blocks with contrasting cream-colored and red natural stone surrounds . The edges of the building are set off with rusticated corner stones .

The west-facing main facade of the two-story mansion is five axes wide. A front staircase leads up to the entrance portal at the foot of the one axis-wide central projecting with a triangular gable . Paired Doric pilasters flanking the portal have friezes and cornices . On the central axis of the rear facade and in the south gable, arched windows with keystones are set in on the upper floor . The small extension with a hipped roof on the north side could have been built after 1820. The original, two-story Dunlugas House is connected to the main building via a Harl- plastered component.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 57 ° 35 '18.3 "  N , 2 ° 30' 38.9"  W.