Fasque House, Home Farm
Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fasque House, Home Farm
Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 121221
Site Number NO67NW 5.03
NGR NO 6464 7590
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121221
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fettercairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
Single storey stone farm buildings set in a variety of former courtyards, now much altered by new build inclusions.
Home Farm to Fasque House was built in 1809 for Sir Alexander Ramsay of Balmain to replace an 18th century building. It was purchased soon after completion by Sir John Gladstone, a wealthy Liverpool grain merchant and MP, father of William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-1898, Britain's longest-serving prime minister. (Historic Scotland)
Standing Building Recording (15 August 2016 - 17 August 2016)
NO 64640 75925 A historic building survey was undertaken, 15–17 August 2016, of the redundant Home Farm steading range prior to its renovation. Home Farm was constructed in the 1870s in an area of open fields to the N of the Fasque Estate after the original Home Farm, which was located to the S of Fasque House, was taken down. The layout has changed little from the original, although some later barns have been added to the N and W, and some of the original openings have been blocked after some changes of function to the interior spaces.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Fasque Estate
Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES)
Information from OASIS ID: aocarcha1-263854 (D Sproat) 2016
Archaeological Evaluation (10 October 2016 - 28 October 2016)
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group on land due for residential development within Fasque Estate, Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire. The evaluation took place throughout five zones at the north edge of the Fasque Estate. Zone 3 and 4 contained no significant archaeology. Zones 5, 6 and 8 all contained post medieval features, mainly pits, but with a probable field boundary also present in Zone 5, and a stone platform and ditch in Zone 8. Zone 6 was revealed to contain two areas of probable prehistoric activity that most likely represents two possible round houses. One of these houses was situated on a high point at the western edge of the zone, with the other in a lower area approximately 50 m to the east. The upper house consisted of a ring ditch with several associated pits around the outside. The lower house consisted of an arc of probable post holes with other pit features nearby.
Information from Oasis (aocarcha1-268404), 17 February 2017
