Document record MAB59014 - WORDIES CLOSE, FRASERBURGH
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Summary
Site of houses.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9970 6700 (40m by 40m) Location only - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ96NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fraserburgh |
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Site of houses. Although these houses no longer survive, an illustration shows that they were two parallel ranges on either side of an enclosed courtyard, with their gables on the street frontage. Access to the courtyard was by means of an arched gateway which was decorated by a panel bearing the initials PG (Patrick Gill) and BS (Barbara Spence) and the date 1746. (This panel is now built into the mansion of Auchinroath, Rothes). One of the houses appears to have dated from 1749, when it would have been an anachronism. The other had a small centrally positioned gablet with coped chimney stack. Both buildings were of two and a half storeys.
MACGIBBON, D, 1892, THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, 1-5, VOL V, 82-3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1140.
TEMPLE, W, 1894, THE THANAGE OF FERMARTYN, 588 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1915.
HENDERSON, JA, 1907, ABERDEEN EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTS, 256-7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB723.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ96NE24;
- NRHE Numlink: 77067;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ96NE0026;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/77067 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SAB1140 Bibliographic reference: MACGIBBON, D. 1892. THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, 1-5. Y. VOL V, 82-3.
- --- SAB1915 Bibliographic reference: TEMPLE, W. 1894. THE THANAGE OF FERMARTYN. 588.
- --- SAB723 Bibliographic reference: HENDERSON, JA. 1907. ABERDEEN EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTS. 256-7.
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Record last edited
Oct 24 2019 5:07PM
