Building record MAB17668 - ST BRANDON HOUSE, BOYNDIE

Former manse, still in residential use, built in 1841-42 in the style of William Robertson, Elgin, replacing an earlier manse of 1775.

Former manse, still in residential use, built in 1841-42 in the style of William Robertson, Elgin, replacing an earlier manse of 1775. There is also an associated U-plan steading to the east, built in 1841. The former manse is a square-plan, two-storey over raised basement, three-bay building with three-bay return east and west elevations. It is harled with tooled ashlar margins, tooled granite angle margins, polished ashlar dressings and a piended platform local slate roof with paired corniced stacks and centre glazed top light. There is a centre corniced and pedimented entrance with end demi-anthemion acroteria (all painted), approached by a flight of steps with a solid ashlar balustrade oversailing the raised basement. Fenestration is regular, with the raised ground floor windows all being tall, those in front with decorative cast-iron guards and some windows blind in the east and west return elevations. A projecting, pedimented rear centre bay accommodates a stairwell. A well lay to the north of the U-plan steading, and a small piggery, now a ruin. There is also a cheese-press. A photographic survey was carried out in 2021 prior to proposed redevelopment of the steading. Standing building survey of the steading was carried out in June 2021. The steading, built in one phase, is constructed of mixed fieldstone and granite blocks with granite lintels, sills and jambs, and a slate roof, part of which had been removed at the time of survey. It may be contemporary with the manse, later converted with the addition of extra rooms to add stables and a room for boiler and flues. Within the south end of the west wing were five stone and brick bee-boles built into the stone wall. On the outer wall of the west wing is a cheese-press.

Period Notes
Listed 22/02/1972. Built in 1841-42.

CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2021, ST BRANDON STEADING, BOYNDIE, BANFF: REPORT ON LEVEL 1 STANDING BUILDING SURVEY, L1 SBS (Bibliographic reference). SAB8520.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2022, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 22 (2021), p.11 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8314.

Jun 4 2021 , APP/2021/0844, APP/2021/0844 (Ground Photograph). SAB35542.

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Jul 10 2023 11:01AM