Building record MAB37792 - VICTORY HALL, ABOYNE WAR MEMORIAL

War Memorial Hall, designed by A.

War Memorial Hall, designed by A. Marshall Makenzie. It is a 2-storey, 3-bay building with 2-bay wing to the northeast, constructed of tooled, coursed, pink granite with grey dressings and finely finished margins. The principal (southeast) elevation is near-symmetrical, with a round-arched chamfered loggia to three bays of the ground floor, each with a tympanum and tooled shield on the keystone. There is a grey granite plaque above reading 'WAR MEMORIAL BUILDINGS'. The northeast and southwest elevations are asymmetrical. On the southwest elevation is a canted window with a plaque below reading 'THIS STONE WAS LAID BY MARGARET LOTHIAN BARONESS GLENTANAR, 7TH MAY 1921'. The hall is enclosed by a granite rubble boundary wall with rough-faced coping. The war memorial itself stands near the entrance to the Hall. It commemorates the dead of both World War I and II and the Korean war. It is situated on the west side of the arched entrance to the hall and is in the form of an arched five-sided recess containing stained glass windows between the memorial plaques. Each window contains a seated female figure with one of the words 'Valour, Patriotism, Victory, Peace, Freedom, Justice' under each figure. Full transcription of memorial held in AAS Digital Archive. The Formaston Stone (NO59NW0015), a Pictish cross slab dating to the circa 8th Century AD, is housed within the hall.

Period Notes
Built in late 19th Century, alterations in 1920-21.

GR/02/AG/020/31-35, GR/02/AG/020/31-35 (Ground Photograph). SAB17038.

GR/02/AG/021/1-8, GR/02/AG/021/1-8 (Ground Photograph). SAB17039.

Aug 24 2000 , GR/00/CT316 - 321, GR/00/CT316 - 321 (Ground Photograph). SAB36890.

Jan 1 1996 , AAS/GR/96/CT101, AAS/GR/96/CT101 (Ground Photograph). SAB32971.

Author unknown, n.d., ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL, May 11, 1921 (Bibliographic reference). SAB23.

Author unknown, n.d., ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL, May 7, 1921, p4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB23.

Author unknown, n.d., ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL, May 9, 1921, p2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB23.

Author unknown, n.d., ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL, October 3, 1921, p3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB23.

Oct 15 2014 , AAS-GR-14-10-022 - 031, AAS-GR-14-10-022 - 031 (Ground Photograph). SAB13555.

Oct 15 2014 , AAS-GR-14-10-055 - 065, AAS-GR-14-10-055 - 065 (Ground Photograph). SAB34418.

Sep 19 2015 , AAS-GR-15-09-332 - 336, AAS-GR-15-09-332 - 336 (Ground Photograph). SAB35835.

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