Building record MAB15550 - TONLEY HOUSE
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Summary
Remains of a mansion and site of a manor.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 51
- Listed Building (C) 50
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6112 1352 (47m by 69m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ61SW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Tough |
Type and Period (8)
- Mansion (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- TURRET (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- TOWER (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- MANOR (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- Mansion (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- GARDEN (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- HOUSE (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- ARCH (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
Full Description
Remains of a mansion and site of a manor. Old Tonley House, also known as Kincraigie, is now a narrow rectangular ruin of uncertain date, but probably of 18th and 19th Century date. It is largely built of boulder rubble with chamfered lower jambs of door one of the few architectural features remaining. The roofless later house remains survive to gable height. A pocket baronial mansion of two storeys. The main front has five bays with a projecting half-round entrance tower corbelled to square with crow-stepped gables. An angle turret leads round to gabled west front with prominent stone dormer heads. There are 1829 additions by John Smith, and 1890s partial rebuilding by A. Marshall Mackenzie. Estate sold in 1947 and house became derelict in the 1950s. A railway carriage sits outside the house today. Possible site of an earlier house. A gardeners house and the walled garden remain. The garden of circa 18th Century date is of irregular plan with a north wall of pinned course rubble with a wide segmental arch at the centre. Remains of a designed landscape surround the house.
Period Notes
Built 18th and 19thC; alterations and additions 1829; reconstruction 1892; estate sold in 1947 and destroyed in the early 1950s.
Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 03/03/1829 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.
JACKSON STOPS & STAFF, 1947, PARTICULARS OF THE TONLEY ESTATE, ABERDEENSHIRE, P.1-11, 46-48 (Bibliographic reference). SAB923.
ESTATE PARTICULARS
Jan 1 1996 , SC 990439, SC 990439 (Ground Photograph). SAB20259.
Jan 30 1997 , AAS/97/03/CT24-5, 50, AAS/97/03/CT24-5, 50 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16651.
Jan 30 1997 , AAS/97/03/G6/12-14, AAS/97/03/G6/12-14 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16650.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, TOUGH 6,7,16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Sep 18 2005 , AAS-GR-05-09-038 - 043, AAS-GR-05-09-038 - 043 (Ground Photograph). SAB36125.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ61SW15;
- NRHE Numlink: 76036;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ61SW0010;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/76036 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SAB1416 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. . PRESS & JOURNAL. 03/03/1829.
- --- SAB16650 Air-oblique Photograph: Jan 30 1997 . AAS/97/03/G6/12-14. Black & White. AAS/97/03/G6/12-14.
- --- SAB16651 Air-oblique Photograph: Jan 30 1997 . AAS/97/03/CT24-5, 50. Colour Transparency. AAS/97/03/CT24-5, 50.
- --- SAB1827 Bibliographic reference: SDD. n.d.. BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST. TOUGH 6,7,16.
- --- SAB20259 Ground Photograph: Jan 1 1996 . SC 990439. Black & White. SC 990439.
- --- SAB36125 Ground Photograph: Sep 18 2005 . AAS-GR-05-09-038 - 043. Digital. AAS-GR-05-09-038 - 043.
- --- SAB923 Bibliographic reference: JACKSON STOPS & STAFF. 1947. PARTICULARS OF THE TONLEY ESTATE, ABERDEENSHIRE. P.1-11, 46-48.
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Record last edited
Sep 6 2022 2:33PM
