Building record MAB41415 - PARK HOUSE
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Summary
Early 19th century Mansion and designed landscape.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (A) 3103
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7797 9793 (2274m by 1510m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO79NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Drumoak |
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Early 19th century Mansion and designed landscape. The house, in the Neo-Greek style, was built for Wm Moir and designed by Archibald Simpson 1822. It is 2-storey , stuccoed and painted, with an 11-bay southeast frontage, and tetra-style fluted Greek Doric portico with wreathed frieze. There are single storey harled wings to the northeast and southwest. Interior has a domed entrance hall with Greek doric columns. Ice-house of probable similar date which is rectangular, vaulted and stuccoed. There a walled garden of circa 1823 to the north of the house (NO79NE0121), an icehouse to the east that is probably of a similar date to the house (NO79NE0116), a sundial in the grounds dated 1846 (NO79NE0115), a mausoleum to the west (NO79NE0011) and at the western end of the designed landscape is the West Lodge (NO79NE0112).
Period Notes
Built 1822; walled garden c.1823; sundial 1846; alterations and additions including recreation room 1923-7.
NO79N 2722208 (1977), NO79N 2722208 (1977) (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB15899.
Jul 18 1989 , AAS/89/05/S12/1,2, AAS/89/05/S12/1,2 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15900.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, DRUMOAK 3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 3103;
- NMR Card Number: NO79NE44;
- NRHE Numlink: 88978;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO79NE0049;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB3103 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/88978 (trove.scot link)
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Record last edited
Feb 3 2023 12:07PM
