Building record MAB21483 - WESTER FINTRAY

Farmstead still in use.

Farmstead still in use. The OS 1st edition 1867 map shows a E-shaped steading with a long rectangular building on its south side, enclosing two small courts. A small rectangular building lies to the east, and to the south is the house, with attached garden enclosures. To the east of the gardens is a cottage beside the track. To the north of the steading is a pond and sluice. The layout remains essentially the same on the 2nd edition map. Two small buildings have been added, one to the west and one to the south of the steading, a second cottage has been added east of the garden. These buildings all appear to remain in use. The western steading court is also now occupied by a building and new buildings have been added to the west and north. The pond has been infilled but on recent aerial photographs this area remains uncultivated. The architectural drawings for this farmstead (and the associated farmhouse to the S, NJ81NW0046, Category B-Listed)) were reproduced in 'The general View of Aberdeenshire', published in 1811, as an example of good design. It was noted that the barn was water-powered and as well as the main court with its stables and cow stalls, there was a further long building for fattening cattle, emphasising the importance of cattle to the Aberdeenshire economy in the 19th Century.

GLENDINNING, M, 2008, BUILDINGS OF THE LAND: SCOTLAND'S FARMS 1750-2000, p.50 - Fig 2.30 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2625.

Record last edited

Feb 11 2016 10:56AM