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Meldrum House, Home Farm And Kennels
Farmstead (18th Century), Kennels (19th Century), Pool (19th Century)
Site Name Meldrum House, Home Farm And Kennels
Classification Farmstead (18th Century), Kennels (19th Century), Pool (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Meldrum House Hotel
Canmore ID 144319
Site Number NJ82NW 13.03
NGR NJ 8092 2915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144319
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Meldrum
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Many good structures in policies, including a pair of circular, 17th-century garden houses originally entered from the first floor off a little wooden bridge. Outer gate and stable and coach house of 1628 (altered ?1777) consists of a U-plan
into which coach house inserted in the late 18th century; doocot in upper floor; fine royal arms on north-west face. Tunnel-vaulted ground floor, bosses on vault. South Lodge, 1851, restored 1982, Marion Fraser (also known as Chain
Lodge). Tudor, single-storey dark granite with fancy bargeboards and lattice glazing; roofline pierced by four diagonal chimneys and spiky finials. South gates, 1851 'presumably', restored 1986. Tudor-Jacobean, harled with dark granite
dressings, at middle a four-centred arch with keystone and octagonal piers with 'double globule' finials; footgates in flanking screen walls. Farm and semicircular kennels wing are excellent.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Part of a former home farm, rubble-built with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. The lower curving quadrant wing of the former kennels features small regularly disposed windows and a segmental-arched entrance at the gable end.
Standing Building Recording (18 February 2020)
NJ 8094 2914 A historic building survey was carried out on 18 February 2020, prior to development. The site comprised a U-plan steading, a small cottage and a semi-circular kennels block. An estate plan of 1780 shows the main steading was built in the late 18th century. A mill, byre, stable and cart bays can be identified but only the outer walls survive. The elegant kennel block appears to have been built in the early 19th century.
Archive: Aberdeenshire HER and NRHE
Funder: CALA Homes (North) Ltd
H K Murray and J C Murray − Murray Archaeological Services Ltd
(Source: DES Vol 21)
OASIS ID: mas1-410837
Project (22 September 2020 - 6 October 2020)
A series of small blocks within the Meldrum house estate are being developed for housing. Evaluation of four areas did not reveal any archaeological features or finds. A trench across the yard in front of the 19th-century kennels showed that a water-filled feature on the 1867 OS map had been a bitumen-lined pool, presumably for the dogs. Fieldwalking was undertaken in woods around the development. Well-preserved rig and furrow was recorded on the SE perimeter of the estate (NJ 81670 28890), pre-dating the woodland which is shown on a 1780 estate plan.
Information from H. K. Murray and J. C. Murray - Murray Archaeological Servicesv (MAS).
OASIS ID: mas1-410947
