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Abergeldie Castle

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Country House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Abergeldie Castle

Classification Country House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Abergeldie Castle Policies

Canmore ID 31138

Site Number NO29NE 1

NGR NO 28709 95281

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Abergeldie Castle, Balmoral Estate. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Abergeldie Castle, Balmoral Estate. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.Title page.Ground floor plan.First floor plan.View Westward from clock tower, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of Abergeldie Castle showing room in top storey of tower.General view from South.View of door in East elevation of addition.Interior. View of ovens and range in kitchen showing cast-iron fitments.Interior. View of chimney-piece in East room of third floor in tower.View of West wall showing kitchen fireplace on external wall.Page 24v/2. Historic photograph showing general view with bridge in foreground. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No. 109: G. M. SIMPSON OF AUSTRALIA'S ALBUM. General oblique aerial view centred on the country house, walled garden and suspension bridge with the farmsteading adjacent, taken from the SE.Abergeldie Castle and Walled Garden, Balmoral Estate. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.Interior view of corridor from door of tower room, Abergeldie CastleView of tower, Abergeldie Castle.General view of Abergeldie Castle.Interior view of Abergeldie Castle showing drawing room at south front of west block on first floor.Elevated view of roofs of addition from North-East.Interior. View of chimney-piece in ground floor room (no.23 on plan by James Anderson).Interior. Detail of armorial panel in ground floor dining room.Laundry, general view from North-West.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house, walled garden and suspension bridge, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view centred on the country house, walled garden and suspension bridge with the farmsteading adjacent, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house, walled garden and suspension bridge, taken from the ESE.West elevation.Interior view of tower room, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of kitchen, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of Abergeldie Castle showing room in top storey of tower.Aerial view of Abergeldie and Creag Ghuibhais, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, looking SW.Interior. View of chimney-piece in first floor drawing room (no.20 on plan by James Anderson).Outhouses, view from East.Abergeldie Castle View from south. Insc: 'W.+D. Downey, Photographers to the Queen, 57-61 Edbury Street, London SW.' NMRS Survey of Private Collections, Abergeldie Castle.Abergeldie CastleOblique aerial view centred on the country house, walled garden and suspension bridge, taken from the W.Oblique aerial view centred on the castle and garden with the suspension bridge adjacent, taken from the SW.Abergeldie Castle, Balmoral Estate. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east.Detail of doorway, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of Abergeldie Castle showing staircase at second floor level.Aerial view of Abergeldie and Creag Ghuibhais, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, looking SW.Detail of chimney pots on tower.Game and Outhouses, general view from East.Game and Outhouses, general view from North-East.Modern copy of historic photograph showing general view from South-West.Oblique aerial view centred on the castle and garden with the suspension bridge adjacent, taken from the ESE.Third floor plan and South-West angle-tower, cap house, first floor plan.View of facade, Abergeldie CastleAbergeldie Castle, NO29NE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from South-West.View of South elevation of tower.View of door in South elevation of addition.Interior. View of chimney-piece in ground floor dining room (no.21 on plan by James Anderson).View of West wall showing kitchen fireplace on external wall.Oblique aerial view centred on the castle and garden with the suspension bridge adjacent, taken from the S.Distant view.Plans and elevation showing renovation and additon.Detail of doorway, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of kitchen, Abergeldie CastleInterior view of Abergeldie Castle showing staircase.Interior view of Abergeldie Castle showing staircase at first floor level.Abergeldie Castle, NO29NE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from South-East.View of cap-house on South-West corner of tower.Detail of tirling-pin on tower door.Interior. View of door in first floor drawing room.Laundry, general view from South-East.General view from NW during restoration in 1970.Oblique aerial view centred on the castle and garden with the suspension bridge adjacent, taken from the SE.Second Floor PlanView of window of room in top storey of tower, Abergeldie CastleGeneral view of Abergeldie Castle from SW.General view from South-East.View from South-East.Elevated view of roofs of addition from North-East.View of modern wooden door in South elevation of tower.Interior. Detail of rose in centre of ceiling in first floor drawing room.Interior. Detail of frieze in first floor drawing room.Interior. View of first floor room in tower.View of East wall of first floor showing hall fireplace.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crathie And Braemar
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NO29NE 1.00 2868 9528

NO29NE 1.01 2903 9529 Lodge

NO29NE 1.02 2889 9519 Mains of Abergeldie

For suspension footbridge (across the River Dee) to the NE, see NO29NE 16.

(NO 2868 9528) Abergeldie Castle (NR).

OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1903)

The original part of Abergeldie Castle consists of a tall rectangular tower house, about 35ft by 28ft, with walls 4ft thick at its basement, and with a round tower 15ft in diameter at the SW. corner. Its plan and architectural detail point to a mid-16th century date and analogies with the Castle of Balfluig at Alford, which bears the date 1556, suggest that they were designed by the same man. It is said that the castle was moated but no remains of one exist.

There has been a great deal of alteration to the original castle and a long low building was added in the 18th century. Since 1848 it has been leased to the Royal Family.

W D Simpson 1953.

Abergeldie Castle is as described by Simpson.

Visited by OS (R L) 27 October 1967.

Listed.

Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.

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Photographic Survey (1957)

Photographic survey of the exterior and interior of Abergeldie Castle, Aberdeenshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1957.

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