Building record MAB24474 - NELLFIELD CEMETERY
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Summary
Cemetery, depicted on the OS 1st edition map.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (C) 20058
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9307 0533 (214m by 217m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ90NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire City |
| Civil Parish | Aberdeen |
Type and Period (8)
- CEMETERY (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- LODGE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- GATE PIER (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- GATE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- GRAVE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- GRAVE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- GRAVE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
- Memorial (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1561 AD to 1999 AD)
Full Description
Cemetery, depicted on the OS 1st edition map. It had been extended to the south by the time of the 2nd edition map, taking in the site of Nellfield House (NJ90NW0761). The lodge, at the north end of the cemetery, was designed by James Souttar, 1881. It is single storey and attic, of 3-bays, with Scots baronial detailing. Built of tooled coursed grey granite ashlar, finely finished to the margins, Aberdeen bonded to the rear. It has segmental arched openings with chamfered reveals, spherical finials to the apexes of the gables, and curved angles corbelled out below the eaves. The principal elevation to the west has a gabled bay advanced to the right, piended slate roof with iron brattishing, a narrow arrowslit opening in the gablehead. A circular tower springs from the square plan porch, the tower with conical roof with three lucernes. The cemetery is enclosed by high granite rubble walls. At the lodge entrance square-plan ashlar gatepiers are surmounted by spherical finials, and low quadrant walls lead to the iron gates. The entrance on Great Western Road has square-plan gatepiers with pyramidal caps and iron gates. Within the cemetery there are 45 First and Second World War Commonwealth war graves. The cemetery also has a memorial to Alexander MacDonald father of the modern granite industry, a modest marker to paupers of the Aberdeen Female Orphas Asylum, and a large celtic cross erected in memory of photographer George Washington Wilson.
Period Notes
Listed 18/12/1985.
Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 19/03/2019 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL, 2013, GRANITE TRAIL ABERDEEN: A GUIDE TO ABERDEEN'S GRANITE INDUSTRY (Bibliographic reference). SAB6472.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ACY;
- HES Listed Building Number: 20058;
- NMR Card Number: NJ90NW1086;
- NRHE Numlink: 149454;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ90NW1385;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB20058 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/149454 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (2)
Finds (0)
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Record last edited
Feb 2 2022 12:51PM
