Field Visit

Date 10 July 2015

Event ID 1011376

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011376

Scottish Thatched Building Survey

NO 15664 92373 The summerhouse is listed as an ancillary structure within the listing of Braemar Castle, and the listed building description reads ‘round rustic timber summerhouse with conical thatched roof to W’. The timber summerhouse, of unknown date, has a hexagonal heather thatched roof, which has been capped at the apex with lead and a decorative timber finial. The heather itself, whilst intact, is covered in a large amount of mossy vegetation growth across a large percentage of the roof surface. The thatch has been left uncovered and appears to be fixed to the roof using metal pegs and wire. The roof interior of the structure has been covered over with modern timber panelling, and there appears to be a membrane, which looks like felt, directly underneath the heather. Braemar Castle is now a museum and the summerhouse is open to the public for access at all times.

Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 10 July 2015, survey no.004