Hatton Castle (Aberdeenshire)

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Hatton Castle

Hatton Castle is a country house about 3 km southeast of Turiff in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . Previously the house was also called Balquholly Castle or Balquollie Castle , but was renamed in 1914. The 1,671 square meter home has been listed as a Category A Historic Building by Historic Scotland since 1972 and the gardens are listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland .

History of the property

At the beginning of the 14th century, King Robert the Bruce gave the lands that were then known as Loscraigie to Patrick de Monte Alto . "Mowat" is the Anglicisation of "Monte Alto". The property was named "Balquholly" sometime before the 16th century. Records show that there was a building called "Balquholy" on these lands as early as the early 1500s, but it is believed that this was the case even earlier. Alexander Duff von Hatton bought the property in 1709 - although the contracts weren't signed from 1729 - and it has remained in the family ever since.

The cottage

Construction of today's crenellated country house began in 1812 and was completed in 1814. At that time the name was changed to "Hatton Castle". In the basement there is a wine cellar and a weapons room. The hall on the ground floor has a glass lantern above a stone staircase that gives access to the first floor. There are two bedrooms on the first floor and seven on the second floor. In the attic there are four additional bedrooms, a bathroom and storage rooms.

On November 28, 1972, Historic Scotland designated Hatton Castle as a Category A Historic Building. The gardens were included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scogland and are considered noteworthy from a historical and architectural point of view.

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ Diane Baptie: A Lairdship Lost: The Mowat of Balquholly, 1309-1736 . Tuckwell Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-86232-052-9 . P. 1.
  2. ↑ Alexander G. Groat: Thoughts on Orkney and Zetland: Their Antiquities and Capabilities of Improvement . 1831. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Diane Baptie: A Lairdship Lost: The Mowat of Balquholly, 1309-1736 . Tuckwell Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-86232-052-9 . P. 2.
  4. ↑ a b c Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ a b c d e Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire . Savills. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Hatton Castle, ID: 19139 . Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  7. ^ Charles McKean: Banff & Buchan (=  Architectural guides to Scotland . Volume 9 ). 1st edition. Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, 1990, ISBN 1-85158-231-2 , pp. 69 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ↑ McKean quotes: "Hatton comprises a substantial part of the old house and strong castle of Balquollie"; other sources state differently here.
  9. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Coordinates: 57 ° 30 ′ 44 "  N , 2 ° 24 ′ 25"  W.