Building record MAB11808 - LETTERFOURIE HOME FARM

Farmstead and granary, still in use, shown on 1st and 2nd edition OS maps and dated 1776.

Farmstead and granary, still in use, shown on 1st and 2nd edition OS maps and dated 1776. The granary building is still in use as a dwelling house. The 2-storey, 3-bay granary centre block is the only original feature to survive of a remarkable and large hollow, U-plan, South-facing steading. All former buildings to the East are ruinous, and a mill pond can be traced at the North-East. To the West is a re-modelled irregular single-storey and loft range, with a corrugated iron roof. The granary is rubble built with ashlar dressings. There is a central doorway, and a centre round-headed keystoned loft door with blocked imposts above, flanked by small loft windows on each side. The centre gable breaks the wallhead with the Gordon coat of arms, and an apex birdcage bellcote in the tympanum, and a ball finial. The weathervane and bell are inscribed 'Letterfurie', and the coat of arms with the Gordon motto 'Dum sisto vigilo' ('As I stand, I watch'). There are 2 rear loft windows, and a large later entrance slapped in the ground floor. A piended loft entrance breaks the wallhead at the East with a forestair. There is a piended local slate roof with stone ridge. It is the home farm for Letterfourie House to the South (NJ46SW0035).

Period Notes
Farm built 1776; granary 1779. Listed building designation given on 22/02/1972.

Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 15/08/2000 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.

Aug 18 1990 , KN 10-19, KN 10-19 (Ground Photograph). SAB33817.

Jan 1 1990 , AAS/GR/90/CT86,90,95, AAS/GR/90/CT86,90,95 (Ground Photograph). SAB32790.

Record last edited

Mar 5 2018 4:01PM