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Glendronach Distillery

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Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glendronach Distillery

Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 18365

Site Number NJ64SW 13

NGR NJ 62610 44029

NGR Description Centred on NJ 62610 44029

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View from SE of Maltings and Kiln. Digital image of A 62062 CN.
View from SE of Maltings and Kiln. Digital image of A 62062 CN.Interior. Still House: view E of 4 coal-fired stills (2 in centre spirit stills, each 6,819 litres and assisted by steam heat, 2 on outside wash stills, each 13,638 litres).Interior. Still House: view from SSE at lower level of fireboxes beneath Spirit Still No.2, with doors open, showing coal fire.General view from NE of Reception Centre, Store and (to rear) Warehouse No.8.General view from SE of Still House and Chimney.Glendronach Distillery General view from NWRoyal Insurance Group itemised plan of distillery, dating from March 1968Interior. Still House: view from SW at lower level of fireboxes beneath the 4 stills.View from NW of rear of Dronach, a dwelling associated with the distillery.Still House: view from SSE at lower level of fireboxes beneath Spirit Still No.2, with doors open, showing coal fire. Digital image of C 62019 CN.Interior. Still House: view from E of spirit safe (made by Alex Grant of Dufftown).Interior. Still House: view from SSE at lower level of fireboxes beneath Spirit Still No.2, with doors closed, showing ironwork by Newmill Ironworks of Elgin.General view from NNE across Glendronach Burn of newly converted distillery Office, and in background, Glen House.View from SSW across yard to Kiln and Maltings.View from WSW across yard to Maltings.General view from N of (right to left) Kiln and Maltings.General view from SE of Warehouse No.8 and Reception Rooms.View from SW of Mash House, and Barley Loft (over pend).View from SE of Dronach House (owned by Allied Distillers).General view from S of distillery along approach road.Glendronach Distillery General view from SW showing main production buildingsStill House: view from SW at lower level of fireboxes beneath the 4 stills. Digital image of C 62017 CN.Interior. Still House: view from SSE at lower level of fireboxes beneath Spirit Still No.2, with doors closed, showing ironwork by Newmill Ironworks of Elgin.Interior. Maltings: view from NW on ground floor showing floor of barley in place.View from S across yard to Kiln, and N end of Maltings, showing kiln and steaming ventilator in corner.Still House: view from SW of 4 coal-fired stills (2 in centre spirit stills, each 6,819 litres and assisted by steam heat, 2 on outside wash stills, each 13,638 litres), also including the distillery cat, Gracie. Digital image of C 62010.Maltings: view from NW on ground floor showing floor of barley in place. Digital image of C 62028 CN.Glendronach Distillery, NJ64SW 13, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view from NW along Glendronach Burn, showing Warehouses Nos 7 & 9.View from SE across yard showing Tun Room, Yeast House and Malt Store.General view from SSW of Still House.View from SE of Maltings and Kiln.Still House: view from E of spirit safe (made by Alex Grant of Dufftown). Digital image of C 62014 CN.Kiln: view from S of kiln firebox and invert, also showing peat used (along with anthracite) as fuel. Digital image of C 62030.Interior. Still House: view E of 4 coal-fired stills (2 in centre spirit stills, each 6,819 litres and assisted by steam heat, 2 on outside wash stills, each 13,638 litres).Interior. Still House: view from NE on N side of still house behind stills, showing 1 of 4 Riley stokers and coal hopper, feeding Killoch washed singles into firebox.General view from NE of Warehouse No.2.General view from NW of newly converted distillery office (formerly Duty Free Warehouse No.6).View from N across yard, showing Mill Room and part of Barley Loft, and pend to yard.View from N across yard, showing Mill Room and part of Barley Loft, and pend to yard.General view from NW of (right to left) Mash House, Tun Room, Kiln ventilator and Malt Store.General view from ESE of disused Drying Plant, previously used to process pot ale.General view from N of E side of warehouses Nos. 7, 9 & 1.View from S across yard to Kiln, and N end of Maltings, showing kiln and steaming ventilator in corner. Digital image of C 62038 CN.Interior. Still House: view from SW of 4 coal-fired stills (2 in centre spirit stills, each 6,819 litres and assisted by steam heat, 2 on outside wash stills, each 13,638 litres), also including the distillery cat, Gracie.Interior. Store and former Distillery Office: view from NNW of lower floor, showing barrel-vaulted stone ceiling.View from WNW of valuted store (former distillery Offices and Fire Station).View from SSW across yard to Kiln and Maltings.View from WSW across yard to Maltings.View from SE along Glendronach Burn towards processing buildings of distillery.View from E of Glen House (belonging to Allied Distillers).Tun Room: view from SSE, showing 9 wooden washbacks Digital image of C62025General view from SE of Still House and Chimney. Digital image of A 62058 CN.Maltings: detail of typical window on 1st floor, showing adjustable wooden louvres. Digital image of C 62029.Mash House: view from SE of underback, mash tun and grist hopper. Digital image of C 62024 CN.Tun Room: view from SSE, showing 9 wooden washbacks. Digital image of C 62026 CN.Interior. Still House: view from SW at lower level of fireboxes beneath the 4 stills.Interior. Mash House: view from SE of underback, mash tun and grist hopper.View from SW across yard to Maltings, with Kiln (left).General view from N of Boilerhouse and rear of Still House, showing chimney and elevator taking coal up to hoppers feeding Riley Stokers of stills.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Forgue
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Recording Your Heritage Online

Boynsmill (Boyne's Mill) House, Glendronach, 1771. Good L-plan stone house, northern portion dated from 'W A (William Allardes /Allardyce) 1771' datestone. In 1826 James Allardes founded the adjacent distillery and thereafter the house was recast in a pleasing cottage style, dominated by gabled dormer heads and two clusters of diagonally shafted chimneys. South-east wing c.1835, altered internally 1964. Glendronach Distillery, folded into terrain, flanked by plain, low, 19th-century bonds and more recent buildings.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Archaeology Notes

NJ64SW 13 62610 44029

This distillery was founded in 1826 by the Glendronach Distillery Co. partnership headed by James Allardes (Allardyce). The distillery changed hands several times and was sold in 1960 to William Teacher and Sons Ltd. The site was operated by Teacher (Distillers) Ltd in 1981. The distillery was extended from two to four stills in 1966-7, had coal fired stills and floor malting. It was still licensed to the Glendronach Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1981.

M S Moss and J R Hume 1981.

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