Building record MAB34498 - GAGIE HOUSE

Mansion House, still in use, built in circa 1614 for William Guthrie.

Mansion House, still in use, built in circa 1614 for William Guthrie. It is set within a designed landscape (NO43NW0068), and the former home farm is to the west (NO43NW0050). It was originally a rectangular building, but 18th century additions have made it irregular. It was internally reconstructed and externally embellished in 1893-4 by James MacLaren following a fire. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a roughly L-plan irregular building with a wing projecting to the west and a courtyard in the north elevation. On the 2nd edition OS map there is an L-plan wing added to the east end. The listing described an L-plan service wing that was added in circa 1920, however current maps show no additional wings added since the one shown on the 1900 2nd edition OS map. There were some alterations to the north-east elevation in the 1970s or 80s by France Smoor. It is a two-storey fortified mansion house constructed from harled rubble sandstone with droved margined angles at the south-west elevation and the single-storey L-plan service wing, and weathered whitewash elsewhere with ashlar dressings, some margined quoins and a grey slate roof. There are single and bipartite windows, with droved and chamfered margins and pedimented dormerheads. There are corbelled bartizans with a moulded wallhead course and finialled conical roofs. The west elevation features a plain ashlar doorpiece surmounted by a heraldic panel with strapwork-like volutes and a segmental pediment. There is a second heraldic panel on the west elevation above a ground-floor bipartite window. The advanced wing on the west of the house features a gun-loop opening and an 1894 datestone. There is a courtyard within the north elevation behind a high wall. The entrance has a coped lintel surmounted by a bell in a wrought-iron overthrow. There is also a record of the Guthrie arms appearing over the old entrance, but it is not clear if this is the panel on the west elevation, or at a different entrance.

Period Notes
Built in circa 1614, with 18th century additions. Internal reconstruction and external embellishment in 1893-4 following a fire. A service wing was added in the late-19th or early-20th century, and there were further alterations in the 1970s or 80s. It was listed on 11/06/1971.

A/11604, A/11604 (Ground Photograph). SAB21358.

A/11605, A/11605 (Ground Photograph). SAB21359.

A/11606, A/11606 (Ground Photograph). SAB21360.

A/11607, A/11607 (Ground Photograph). SAB21361.

A/11607, A/11607 (Ground Photograph). SAB29097.

A/11608, A/11608 (Ground Photograph). SAB21362.

A/11609, A/11609 (Ground Photograph). SAB29098.

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T, 1887-92, [Untitled], Vol. 5, 275-8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6103.

TRNATER, N, 1962, FORTIFIED HOUSE IN SCOTLAND VOL4-ABERDEENSHIRE, 123-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1917.

Record last edited

Nov 24 2021 3:13PM