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Dairy, view from north east
SC 768804
Description Dairy, view from north east
Date 18/6/2001
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 768804
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 15436 CN
Scope and Content Dairy, Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire, from the north-east This charming little building, set symmetrically between two dairy cottages, was built of the same light-coloured local granite used in the construction of the castle. It is an octagonal construction, with two sets of windows, the upper set being rectangular, and the lower set having pointed arches. The slated roof is corbelled out, and an elegant domed ventilation shaft, topped by a weathervane, rises from the centre. A covered castellated walkway, pierced by pointed arches, encircles the building. In the 19th century, most great houses prided themselves on their dairy products, and the dairy was often considered to be architecturally 'one of the principal decorations of an English park'. Milk was delivered from the estate's home farm or, as at Balmoral, provision was made for cows to be milked in a milking parlour built as part of the dairy complex. (It was thought that the best cream was obtained from milk that travelled as little as possible from the cow.) Whole milk was set aside for household use, and pails of milk were then taken into the dairy to be separated, a relatively simple and physically effortless task that was the first step towards producing cream, butter and cheese. The Balmoral estate was bought in 1852 by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria at their own expense as a Highland retreat from the stresses of London life. Prince Albert initiated many improvements, including the building of a new holiday home, Balmoral Castle, in 1853-5, and put forward plans for new cottages for estate workers, new bridges, new stables and a model dairy. The dairy, probably designed by William Smith, the same architect who designed the castle, was begun after Albert's death in 1862, and completed in 1863. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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