Archaeology Notes

Event ID 786352

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ82NW 13.00 81301 29051

NJ82NW 13.01 NJ 81217 29095 Stables; dovecot (Outer Gate)

NJ82NW 13.02 NJ 8113 2912 gasworks

NJ82NW 13.03 NJ 8092 2915 Home Farm and kennels

NJ82NW 13.04 NJ 8083 2869 West Lodge

NJ82NW 13.05 NJ 81127 28211 South Lodge

NJ82NW 13.06 NJ 81341 29048 Garden House

NJ82NW 13.07 NJ 81319 28995 Garden House

NJ82NW 13.08 NJ 81115 28200 Gateway

For enclosure and rig in Meldrum House policies, see NJ82NW 57 and NJ82NW 130 -3 respectively.

(NJ 8129 2903) Meldrum House (NAT) (Hotel) (AD 1625)

OS 6" map, (1959)

NMRS REFERENCE

Meldrum House is chiefly a modern mansion, but has an old staircase incorporated with the new buildings. It has been the seat of several ancient families - Urquharts, Seatons and Meldrums - from the 12th century downwards (MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92).

The original house, dated 1625, was altered and added to by Archibald Simpson c.1840 (HBD No. 3).

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.

Meldrum House Hotel shows no external features of the older building.

Visited by OS (NKB) 12 February 1969.

Meldrum House. Mansion house/hotel; 17th and 18th centuries, reconstructed in the 19th century as a symmetrical neo-Jacobean mansion of three storeys with two-storey advance pavillions and a centre porch to the SW. Reconstructed again in the 1930's when the top storey of the main block was removed and Simpson's balancing SE pavillion and porch were demolished, as well as the main staircase. A new NW entrance and neo-Georgian main staircase at entrance were built; very fine balustraded external stair to first floor, ground floor vaulted.

17th century garden-houses built into bank with wooden bridge to first floor; stable- and coach-house block dated 1628.

Architects: Archibald Simpson 1836; W L Duncan 1934. Datestone 1625; reconstructed 1836-7 and 1934-7.

[Newspaper reference cited].

NMRS, MS/712/80.