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Dunecht House, Boathouse
Boathouse (20th Century)
Site Name Dunecht House, Boathouse
Classification Boathouse (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Of Skene; Dunecht House Policies
Canmore ID 129359
Site Number NJ70NE 15.20
NGR NJ 78543 08046
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/129359
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Skene
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
East gate (tower lodges and gates), 1922-3, A Marshall Mackenzie & Son, grandiloquent entrance formed by pair of symmetrical four-storey tower-houses in fine granite ashlar with battlemented parapets, caphouses and circular stair-towers. Massive plain gatepiers topped by gryphons support gigantic wrought-iron gates. Screen walls of bull-faced granite running down to Loch of Skene flaunt square angle-turrets and a boathouse with portcullis gate. Immensely
witty and assured fantasy.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Project (1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016)
Survey work undertaken to upgrade records of listed buildings by area.
