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Many good structures in policies, including a pair of circular, 17th-century garden houses originally entered from the first floor off a little wooden bridge. Outer gate and stable and coach house of 1628 (altered ?1777) consists of a U-plan
into which coach house inserted in the late 18th century; doocot in upper floor; fine royal arms on north-west face. Tunnel-vaulted ground floor, bosses on vault. South Lodge, 1851, restored 1982, Marion Fraser (also known as Chain
Lodge). Tudor, single-storey dark granite with fancy bargeboards and lattice glazing; roofline pierced by four diagonal chimneys and spiky finials. South gates, 1851 'presumably', restored 1986. Tudor-Jacobean, harled with dark granite
dressings, at middle a four-centred arch with keystone and octagonal piers with 'double globule' finials; footgates in flanking screen walls. Farm and semicircular kennels wing are excellent.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
