Building record MAB13520 - LESSENDRUM HOUSE
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Summary
Remains of a mansion, the ancestral home of the Bisset family, probably dating back as far as 1470, replace by a 17th Century asymmetrical Jacobean house, mainly 2-storey probably originally with attics.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (C) 2938
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 5785 4157 (49m by 46m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ54SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Drumblade |
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Remains of a mansion, the ancestral home of the Bisset family, probably dating back as far as 1470, replace by a 17th Century asymmetrical Jacobean house, mainly 2-storey probably originally with attics. Later additions incorporated the earlier house. It was enlarged and repaired in 1837 for Walter Bisset by Archibald Simpson. Largely destroyed by fire in 1928, and now much overgrown with large sections fallen in. There survives a walled garden to the northwest but no special features. See NJ54SE0049 for designed landscape.
Period Notes
Current house built in 1837, but original house probably dates back as far as 1470; later 17thC house enlarged in 1816; mostly destroyed in fire in 1928.
Listed 11/09/1984.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No25(1871) 11 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, DRUMBLADE 5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Author unknown, n.d., LEOPARD MAGAZINE, p.21 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1074.
Author unknown, n.d., NSA, VOL 12,304 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 2938;
- NMR Card Number: NJ54SE7;
- NRHE Numlink: 17868;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ54SE0007;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB2938 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/17868 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB1074 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. LEOPARD MAGAZINE. p.21.
- --- SAB1269 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. NSA. VOL 12,304.
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No25(1871) 11.
- --- SAB1827 Bibliographic reference: SDD. n.d.. BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST. DRUMBLADE 5.
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Record last edited
Apr 19 2024 3:35PM
