Landscape record MAB22644 - HADDO HOUSE

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Summary

Remains of a designed landscape around Haddo House (MAB22622) incorporating various features, probably by J. and W. Smith in 1847.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Registered Garden or Designed Landscape GDL00206: Haddo House

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Grid reference Centred NJ 8670 3475 (4003m by 4665m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent
Map sheet NJ83SE
Authority Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish Methlick

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Full Description

Remains of a designed landscape around Haddo House (MAB22622) incorporating various features, probably by J. and W. Smith in 1847. The present designed landscape of Haddo House dates to the 18th and 19th Centuries and is most commonly associated with the prominent figures William Adam (bap.1689-1748), George Hamilton-Gordon, the 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), and the artist James Giles (1801-1870). A 1.3 km long southeasterly avenue originating from below the formal garden terrace of Haddo House was designed by William Adam in circa 1738 during landscape reorganisation.

The present parkland landscape was developed in the first half of the 19th Century, and still retains its essential 19th Century structure, as depicted on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps. The works included the drainage of the boggy grounds of the 'Doolies' east of the house, the straightening of portions of the Kelly Burn, landscaping of the policies, the creation of the two lakes (The Upper Lake and Keithfield Lake), the planting of vast numbers of parkland and woodland trees and stocking the parks with deer.

The oldest element associated with the parkland is the Deer Park (MAB22715). At the east end of the avenue is a massive urn on a tall plinth, dated 1847 (MAB22676). Flanking the avenue a short distance to the west is a pair of deer statues on tall granite plinths (MAB22675). Further west are the Golden Gates (MAB22674). To the south of Haddo House is the Gordon Monument (MAB22652), erected sometime after 1815. The estate has a number of lodges: Tangland Lodge (MAB22527), North Lodge built in circa 1845 in Tudor style (MAB22513), Keithfield Lodge dating from 1878 (MAB22654), and South Lodge built in circa 1845 in Tudor style (MAB22673). West of the house is the walled garden (MAB22657) of early-19th Century date with mid-18th Century gates, and a gardener's cottage (built in circa 1843) to the south (MAB22656). There are also a number of other cottages and houses across the estate, including the House of Formartine (MAB22708), Whindend House (MAB22692), and Butler’s Cottage (MAB22655). Within Knockorthy Wood is a burial enclosure (MAB22672), designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1884 and in Gothic Style. The home farm, the Mains of Haddo (MAB22659 and MAB22658), is to the south of the house and dates to the first half of the 19th Century, although it was partly altered in 1890. A possible manor house (MAB56507) may have been sited at the Mains of Keithfield. A number of other installations are set within the landscape, including a dovecot (MAB22618), a laundry (MAB22503), an icehouse (MAB22660), and two boathouses on the Upper Lake (MAB56516) and Keithfield Lake (MAB22688). Two bridges cross the Burn of Kelly (MAB22740 and MAB56518) to the southeast of Haddo House.


BBC NEWS WEBSITE, , BBC NEWS WEBSITE, 12/02/16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3784.

NATIONAL MUSEUM ROYAL NAVY, 2016, GENEROUS DONATION OF SCOTTISH TIMBER ENSURES HMS VICTORY WILL FIGHT ANOTHER DAY (Bibliographic reference). SAB1351.

RATHMELL ARCHAEOLOGY, 2017, Haddo House Deer Park, Aberdeenshire: Archaeological Survey Assessment and Community Excavation, DBA and Excavation (Bibliographic reference). SAB3131.

RATHMELL ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, SCHOOLHILL PHASE 2, ABERDEEN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF DATA STRUCTURE REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB3151.

Other Statuses/References

  • Authority: ASH;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83NE 122.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83NE 123.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83NE 124.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83NE 125.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 21.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.00;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.02;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.03;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.05;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.06;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.07;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.11;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.12;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.13;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.13;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.14;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.15;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.16;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.17;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.18;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.19;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.20;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.21;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.22;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.23;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.24;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.25;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.26;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.27;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.28;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.29;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.30;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.31;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.34;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.37;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 42.38;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ83SE 90.00;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145986;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145987;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145989;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145990;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145991;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145996;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145997;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145998;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145998;
  • NRHE Numlink: 145999;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146000;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146002;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146003;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146005;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146006;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146007;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146008;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146009;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146010;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146011;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146012;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146014;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146015;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146016;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146017;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146019;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146020;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146119;
  • NRHE Numlink: 146122;
  • NRHE Numlink: 173337;
  • NRHE Numlink: 19819;
  • NRHE Numlink: 19842;
  • NRHE Numlink: 19844;
  • NRHE Numlink: 230251;
  • NRHE Numlink: 266062;
  • NRHE Numlink: 266113;
  • NRHE Numlink: 274409;
  • Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ83SE0076;

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Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL MUSEUM ROYAL NAVY. 2016. GENEROUS DONATION OF SCOTTISH TIMBER ENSURES HMS VICTORY WILL FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RATHMELL ARCHAEOLOGY. 2017. Haddo House Deer Park, Aberdeenshire: Archaeological Survey Assessment and Community Excavation. DBA and Excavation.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RATHMELL ARCHAEOLOGY. 2019. SCHOOLHILL PHASE 2, ABERDEEN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF DATA STRUCTURE REPORT.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: BBC NEWS WEBSITE. . BBC NEWS WEBSITE. 12/02/16.

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2026 7:17PM

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