Kincardine Castle (Royal Deeside)
Kincardine Castle is a country house in Royal Deeside on the north bank of the Dee in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . The Victorian house is about 1 km east of the village of Kincardine O'Neil and about 8 km east of Aboyne .
history
The country house was built in the years 1894-1896 according to the Scottish Baronial designs by the architects Niven and Wigglesworth from London . David Barclay Niven studied in Dundee and then moved to Sir Aston Webb's London office, where he quickly became chief architect when Webb was working on the plans for the Victoria and Albert Museum . Webb later continued to design notable buildings in London such as the Admiralty Arch , The Mall and the main facade of Buckingham Palace . Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth trained in Aberdeen under Alexander Marshall Mackenzie before moving to Ernest George and Peto's office in London . The architects opened an office together and Kincardine Castle was their first major project. They were influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and this was evident in their design, which includes details from architectural styles from five centuries. The building is essentially a lesson in architecture.
description
The entrance tower with its bare walls, battlements and tower is based on the style of a donjon from the 14th century. There's even a door upstairs that's half hidden by the neat entrance hall. The installation of windows in the southwest facade of this tower in the 1930s detracts somewhat from the intended effect. A gatehouse consists of two round towers, the cross-section of which becomes square in the middle and round again above. These two twin towers are connected by an arch. The whole thing has a similar effect to the '' Seaton Tower '' on Fyvie Castle from 1599. The building has a total of five round towers and one tower with a square floor plan, a combination that is reminiscent of Crathes Castle from the end of the 16th century. Most of the rest of the building simply represents ordinary Scottish Baronial architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries. The back facade of the building is the simplest and looks more like the work of Charles Rennie Macintosh, although the architects kept stepped gables and so the property doesn't leak as terribly as Macintosh's Hill House . Historic Scotland has listed Kincardine Castle as a Category B Historic Building. The house was built on the site of an older building called Kincardine Lodge from around 1780 and still contains parts of that building.
Gardens
Around 1900, landscape architect Thomas Hayton Mawson discussed the possibility of re-planning gardens on the property, but no plans were made. Located in the center of a 1,200 acre property, the country house is not open to the public, but serves as a location for gatherings, private dinners, branded events and weddings. There are extensive gardens, such as an enclosed garden, a planetary garden and a wilderness area, which are open for a day in June every year as part of the Scotland's Garden promotion and for occasional events such as the regular First Friday Café (on the first Friday of the Month, with the exception of January and maybe August).
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Barclay Niven . In: Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth . In: Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Kincardine House . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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Coordinates: 57 ° 5 ′ 23 " N , 2 ° 39 ′ 33" W.