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Steading, view from north west Digital image of E 15243 cn
SC 769296
Description Steading, view from north west Digital image of E 15243 cn
Date 18/6/2001
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 769296
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 15243 CN
Scope and Content Invergelder Steading, Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire This steading, completed in 1861, was designed to contain all the offices, workshops, storage facilities and agricultural accommodation associated with the farm. The buildings, constructed from the same local granite as the castle, were designed on a U-plan, and grouped around a rectangular courtyard with one side left open. The impressive gables, elaborated with pointed-arch cart houses (left), are topped by ball finials, and have skew putts finished with projecting mouldings. When Prince Albert and Queen Victoria took over the estate, the farm offices had fallen into decay. Albert's aim was to 'educate and improve' and he set about this very enthusiastically with plans to transform the main farm into an efficient business, keenly adjusted to the technology of the time. Although the nature of the ground and the climate placed restrictions on the use of land and made farming difficult, Albert was interested in introducing farm machinery and encouraged the use of economic methods to increase and improve farming output and efficiency. Much of the farming acreage was used to provide grazing and winter feed for cattle as well as the horses and Highland stalking ponies on the estate. 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 a model estate with new houses and offices for estate workers and tenants. He also superintended the re-organisation of several farms, including the design of new buildings at Invergelder, the main working farm on the estate. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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