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View from SW Digital image of D/12128/cn
SC 778700
Description View from SW Digital image of D/12128/cn
Date 12/5/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 778700
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 12128 CN
Scope and Content Ballroom, Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, from south-west This shows the timber-framed ballroom which was built in 1883 and reconstructed on this site in 1898. The building has white-painted, wood-lined walls which are faced with blue-painted and mesh-patterned trellis. The red tiled roof has a large skylight which allows more light into the building and three small gablets which are topped by ornate finials. The gable is also topped by a finial and has a louvred ventilator. The Duke of Fife held lavish parties in the ballroom for guests even although the building was originally meant for the use of tenants and servants on his estate. When Queen Victoria was present the duke's piper would lead her and the other guests from the house to the ballroom along an avenue of kilted Highlanders holding blazing torches. William Duff of Dipple who became the 1st Earl of Fife in 1759 built the original Mar Lodge (or Dalmore House) in 1750. The 6th Earl was created the 1st Duke of Fife when he married Princess Louise, who was a daughter of King Edward VII. When Mar Lodge was destroyed by fire in 1895, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (1848-1933) designed a new lodge and Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone later in the same year. The duke and duchess used the house mainly as a sporting lodge and an autumn home. The building had another serious fire in 1991 but was subsequently restored. The 29,380-hectare estate had several owners from 1959 until 1995 when The National Trust for Scotland bought it, with the help of a £10 million lottery grant. The lodge has been divided into five self-catering holiday apartments which can be rented by the public. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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