Building record MAB16731 - EDEN HOUSE
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Summary
Mansion house dating to the 18th and 19th Centuries with later additions, within a designed landscape (MAB16753).
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 9401
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6994 5984 (248m by 294m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ65NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | King Edward |
Type and Period (7)
- MANSION HOME (18th Century to 20th Century - 1724 AD to 1903 AD)
- FISHERMANS HOUSE (18th Century - 1724 AD to 1724 AD)
- GARDEN (18th Century - 1724 AD to 1724 AD)
- WALLED GARDEN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- GLASSHOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- DATE STONE (18th Century - 1724 AD to 1724 AD)
- GLASSHOUSE (19th Century to 20th Century - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Full Description
Mansion house dating to the 18th and 19th Centuries with later additions, within a designed landscape (MAB16753). The nucleus of the house consists of a 'fishing cottage' which was erected by the Duffs of Braco in 1724. The house now mainly dates from 1828, built by William Robertson, with additions from 1903. The interior was also remodelled in 1828 and 1903. It is shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps as an irregular H-plan house, with various projecting and recessed sections.
The house is harled with extensive use of polished Moray sandstone ashlar dressings to the front east elevation and ashlar dressings to the rest of the house. The slate roof has paired stacks to the 1828 east wing and similar stacks elsewhere, remodelled in 1828. The front elevation is single-storey and has a pedimented tetrastyle portico with fluted Greek Doric columns, and a centre door with a moulded and lugged door piece surmounted by a fanlight with decorative geometric glazing. The elevation has clasping angle pilaster strips. The south elevation is two-storey, with an off-centre gabled wing, remodelled in 1828. It also features two pronounced, full-height, bowed bay windows from 1903. The rear elevation has a three-storey centre portion with a door in the raised basement and a 1724 armorial stone initialled ID and MD, re-set above the lintel.
To the south of the house and garden are the former stables and coach-house (MAB16767) and Bell Cottage (MAB16768), and a walled garden further to the south at NJ 6996 5973. The walled garden has a granite finialled door piece and a range of cast-iron framed glasshouses abutting the south facing wall. There is a rare survival of an early-19th Century glasshouse with an unusually wide span, built in three sections with the central one taller. On the northwest exterior face of the wall is a re-set portion of a 17th Century lintel.
BEATON, E, 1984, W ROBERTSON, ARCHITECT, ELGIN, 21, PL4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB152.
Author unknown, n.d., ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL, 15/10/1828 (Bibliographic reference). SAB23.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, ALVAH 6 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ65NE 20.00;
- NRHE Numlink: 76688;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ65NE0024;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9401 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/76688 (Eden House - trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Sep 14 2026 9:35AM
