Pitfour House Estate, Boathouse
Boathouse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pitfour House Estate, Boathouse
Classification Boathouse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Pitfour House Estate; Pitfour House Policies; Pifour Loch; Pitfour Lake
Canmore ID 116851
Site Number NJ94NE 67.08
NGR NJ 97486 48860
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116851
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Old Deer
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Built as a picturesque ruin on lake shore.
Single-storey artificial rubble-built ruin with gothic arches; granite dressings; landing area for boats.
Pitfour House was demolished in 1927-30 The buildings are probably all the work of John Smith who is credited with the house (reconstructed c 1809; fire damaged 1820, reinstated with further additions 1821-2) in the A.P.S.D. and his Aberdeen Journal Obituary. (Historic Scotland) The Blenheim of Buchan. One of the great estates of north-east Scotland, first built by the eccentric Ferguson family in the early 18th century. The house, extended probably by John Smith circa 1809, and subsequently, was demolished in 1927. Much survives of the estate, mainly because the Ferguson's spared little expense.
The creation of a loch caused a great falling out between the Fergusons of Pitfour and the Russells of nearby Aden. The latter claimed that it would cause the flooding of Aden. (C.McKean)
