Mar Lodge Estate: Deer Larder

Date 2000

Event ID 976302

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

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The Deer Larder is a large wooden building consisting of two joined elements. To the south is a large barn-like room which houses the deer larder itself, to the north is a smaller building which houses the remaining four rooms. There is no internal access between the two elements.

The building is constructed of a timber frame, the sill of the framing being raised above the soil on a low wall of masonry. The exterior of each wall is covered in horizontal overlapping timber planks of varying lengths, but all 0.2m/8" wide and 20mm/3/4" thick. On the upper part of the south elevation the 2rtimber planks are arranged in a herringbone pattern. The lapboards are painted white; traces of pale pink paint under this may be an undercoat or a previous paint surface. The door, window frames and corner posts are painted black, over a dark red, either an undercoat or previous paint surface. The roof is covered with 'Unduline' a modern composite material, this possibly replaced wooden shingles in the 1980s

Information from NTS (SCS) March 2014