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Aberdeen, Viewfield Road, Kepplestone House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Viewfield Road, Kepplestone House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Robert Gordon University; Aberdeen College Of Education; Kepplestone Hall; Kepplestone Mansion; Queen's Road
Canmore ID 148856
Site Number NJ90NW 886
NGR NJ 91289 05255
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/148856
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 886.00 91289 05255
NJ90NW 886.01 NJ 9131 0537 lodge
Kepplestone Hall
(Aberdeen College of Education) [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1971.
Standing Building Recording (7 July 2016)
NJ 91289 05255 A Level 1 standing building survey was carried out on 7 July 2016. A photographic survey was carried out of the exteriors of the buildings. There is no access to the interior, and the exterior is overgrown and partially inaccessible due to the presence of building materials. Architects plans and elevations were annotated. The house may have started as a cottage on the frontage of Viewfield Road and was substantially enlarged and modernised by Alexander Macdonald around
1875 to house his substantial art collection. Macdonald commissioned J Russell Mackenzie to enlarge Kepplestone House (now called Kepplestone Mansion) in a vernacular style. The building was then extended several times in the 20th century, and several of these extensions have since been
removed leaving scars on the current building.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Stewart Milne Homes
Alison Cameron – Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES)
Information from OASIS ID: camerona1-259023 (A Cameron) 2016
