Archaeology Notes

Event ID 666173

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ90NW 586.00 NJ 91451 05870

NJ90NW 586.01 NJ 91434 05851 Folly

House, built 1881 for William Keith, a granite merchant, to replace a modest 18th century predecessor and originally called Rubislaw House. Two-storey and attic with both Baronial and Victorian Gothic details. Large balustraded raised terrace with circular crenellated viewing point overlooking Rubislaw Den. Motto of Marischal College above elaborately-panelled door. Interior: central two-storey hall, arcaded and galleried at first floor level; imperial marble stair with elaborate cast-iron balustrade. Variety od period decoration in main rooms.

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NMRS, MS/712/83.