Building record MAB14786 - MUCKLE HOOSE, DESKFORD
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Summary
The 'Muckle Hoose' is a 2-storey west facing 5-bay house, with regular 4 window fenestration and an off centre door, built in circa 1771, and possibly incorporating earlier work.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 2210
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 5088 6167 (36m by 28m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ56SW |
| Authority | Moray |
| Civil Parish | Deskford |
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
The 'Muckle Hoose' is a 2-storey west facing 5-bay house, with regular 4 window fenestration and an off centre door, built in circa 1771, and possibly incorporating earlier work. There is irregular rear fenestration with an off centre entrance masked by a modern lean-to porch. The roof is of slate with end and ridge stacks and the glazing is 4-pane. In the garden are remains of the Tower of Deskford (see also NJ56SW0001), and the house may possibly have been a portion of later addition to the tower. Some fragments of the vaulted ground floor of this tower also survive in the garden of the Muckle Hoose.
Period Notes
The house was built in circa 1771. The tower that it may have incorporated was built in the 16th century, and mostly demolished in the 1830s. Designated on 22/02/1972.
CORDINER, C, 1795, REMARKABLE RUINS IN N BRIT 2, (1788) ILL (Bibliographic reference). SAB322.
Author unknown, 1799, OLD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT, 362 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1845.
BOGDAN, NQ, 1991, Castles, Manors & Town House survey, 36 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2251.
Jul 2 2015 , AAS-GR-15-07-540 - 543, AAS-GR-15-07-540 - 543 (Ground Photograph). SAB35901.
Jul 2 2015 , AAS-GR-15-07-688 - 696, AAS-GR-15-07-688 - 696 (Ground Photograph). SAB35935.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, DESKFORD 9 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: MOR;
- HES Listed Building Number: 2210;
- NMR Card Number: NJ56SW2;
- NRHE Numlink: 17988;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ56SW0002;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB2210 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/17988 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB1827 Bibliographic reference: SDD. n.d.. BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST. DESKFORD 9.
- --- SAB1845 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. 1799. OLD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT. 362.
- --- SAB2251 Bibliographic reference: BOGDAN, NQ. 1991. Castles, Manors & Town House survey. Y. 36.
- --- SAB322 Bibliographic reference: CORDINER, C. 1795. REMARKABLE RUINS IN N BRIT 2. (1788) ILL.
- --- SAB35901 Ground Photograph: Jul 2 2015 . AAS-GR-15-07-540 - 543. Digital. AAS-GR-15-07-540 - 543.
- --- SAB35935 Ground Photograph: Jul 2 2015 . AAS-GR-15-07-688 - 696. Digital. AAS-GR-15-07-688 - 696.
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Record last edited
Aug 19 2022 2:07PM
