Building record MAB24349 - GORDON HIGHLANDERS' REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AND MUSEUM

House, built circa 1800 and later extended by Dr Kelly, now the Regimental HQ and Museum of the Gordon Highlanders.

House, built circa 1800 and later extended by Dr Kelly, now the Regimental HQ and Museum of the Gordon Highlanders. It is single-storey, harled with a bell-cast slated roof with canted dormers. A studio at the rear was added circa 1900 and is built of granite, harled and rendered and has large windows and a round tower. An outhouse is two-storeyed with a stair to the upper floor. It is depicted on the OS 1st edition when it was named Kepplestone Cottage, enlarged by the time of the 2nd edition at which time it was named St Lukes. A roll of honour for seven members of the regiment, musicians who performed with the Tivoli Theatre (NJ90NW0146) and who died during World War I, was unveiled by the Museum in 2018; it was donated to the museum in the 1960s, possibly after the Tivoli Theatre closed. A plaque on the front wall commemorates artist Sir George Reid (1841-1913), President of the Royal Scottish Academy, who lived and worked here. Set in the grass just inside the road entrance is a small cairn with stone block from the Gordon Barracks (NJ90NW0128) inscribed: 'This stone is from one of the Barrack Blocks destroyed by German bombing in April 1943 at Gordon Barracks, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Home of the Regiment from 1935 to 1960'. Nearby is the gravestone of a bull terrier, Peggy, mascot of the 2nd Battalion, during the 1940s in Malaya, including during the Battle of Singapore, and with the battalion as prisoners of war. Peggy was awarded a PDSA commendation in 2020 (the grave remains at the Gordon Barracks).

Period Notes
Built circa 1800. Listed 26/05/1977

BBC NEWS WEBSITE, , BBC NEWS WEBSITE, 20/02/20 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3784.

Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 20/02/2020 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.

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