South lodge, view from Victoria bridge to North Digital image of D/11073/cn

Description South lodge, view from Victoria bridge to North Digital image of D/11073/cn

Date 14/5/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 778709

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 11073 CN

Scope and Content South Lodge and Victoria Bridge, Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, from north This shows the South Lodge framed by the horseshoe arch of the lattice girder bridge over the River Dee which was built in 1905 and replaced an 1848 bridge. The piers support two cast-iron gates and the arch which is inscribed 'Edward VII 1905' and 'Queen Victoria 1848' on the other face. These dates commemorate the building of the first and second bridges. The single-storeyed lodge has a piended (hipped) roof with a central chimney-stack. The small lodge has a colonnaded and pedimented porch. Victoria Bridge is at the main south entrance to the estate and would have been used by delivery wagons and family carriages. The servant and his family who opened and closed the gates to the bridge would have occupied the South Lodge. Gate lodges were designed to hint at the quality of the architecture of the main house or constructed in an architectural style favoured by the owner of the estate. 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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