Building record MAB7902 - LONACH HALL

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Summary

Villa, dated 1845 with later extensions, and 1896 hall.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (C) 48147

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NJ 3655 1260 (47m by 68m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent
Map sheet NJ31SE
Authority Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish Strathdon

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Villa, dated 1845 with later extensions, and 1896 hall. It is depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition OS maps, the 2nd edition also annotating it as a drill hall. The Lonach Society, established in 1823, raised funds by subscription to build the villa and an original hall, replaced by the new hall in 1896. The two buildings combined to serve Lonach Society. The house is two-storey, 3-bay, extended to the rear, with overhanging eaves and open pedimented gables and dormerheads. The present hall is a semi-circular barrel-vaulted single storey building of corrugated iron with timber framing on a rubble base course. Internally it is timber lined with a recessed minstrels' gallery. A watching brief was carried out by K Sabine in 1999 during works for an extension to the hall and laying of a new sewage system in the adjacent field. The area immediately around the hall was disturbed with earlier drains and pipes. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified in the field. Adjacent to the field a ditch was recorded which predated the terracing on which the hall sits, and which was possibly a boundary ditch associated with the castle (NJ31SE0002) property.


Jun 5 2006 , AAS-GR-06-06-001 - 009, AAS-GR-06-06-001 - 009 (Ground Photograph). SAB35870.

Jun 28 2016 , AAS-GR-16-06-028 - 034, AAS-GR-16-06-028 - 034 (Ground Photograph). SAB32329.

May 25 1989 , IW 31, IW 31 (Ground Photograph). SAB33681.

HISTORIC SCOTLAND, n.d., A SELECTION OF THE CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, p.33 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4449.

Other Statuses/References

  • Authority: ASH;
  • HES Listed Building Number: 48147;
  • NMR Card Number: NJ31SE146;
  • NRHE Numlink: 230730;
  • Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ31SE0138;

External Links (2)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Ground Photograph: Jun 28 2016 . AAS-GR-16-06-028 - 034. Digital. AAS-GR-16-06-028 - 034.
  • --- Ground Photograph: May 25 1989 . IW 31. Black & White. IW 31.
  • --- Ground Photograph: Jun 5 2006 . AAS-GR-06-06-001 - 009. Digital. AAS-GR-06-06-001 - 009.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: HISTORIC SCOTLAND. n.d.. A SELECTION OF THE CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. p.33.

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Record last edited

Sep 8 2023 10:24AM

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