Archaeology Notes

Event ID 825396

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ96NE 47 99817 67105

(Location cited as NJ 9982 6710). Fraserburgh Town House: privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.

A 19th century Town House built in the Renaissance style. It is two-storey, ashlar, with an arched ground floor and curved corner with Doric columns. A statue of Lord Saltoun stands at first floor level with a tall domed Corinthian rotunda above. A granite extension (police station) was added in 1906. Above the main door is a funeral hatchment which shows the arms of the 16th Lord Saltoun (died 1853).

Architects: Thomas Mackenzie (1853); Reid and McRobbie (1906 extension).

Newspaper reference: Aberdeen Daily Journal 3 December 1906.

NMRS, MS/712/106.