Birkhall
Country House (18th Century)
Site Name Birkhall
Classification Country House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balmoral Estates; Birkhall Estate
Canmore ID 32479
Site Number NO39SW 1
NGR NO 34901 93600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32479
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO39SW 1.00 34901 93600
(NO 3488 9360) The house of Birkhall, built by the Gordons of Abergeldie, has a stone over its front door inscribed R.G. M.G. 1715. It was formerly called Stiren and is marked as "Steirn" on Gordon of Straloch's map of 1654. It is a plain three-storeyed house which has been greatly altered since 1715, and is now owned by the Royal Family.
A Jervise 1875-9; A I McConnachie 1898; W D Simpson 1949.
Birkhall, formerly Stiren, as described above.
Visited by OS (A A) 3 November 1967.
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
OWNER: was HRH The Queen Mother, since inherited by the Prince of Wales.
Birkhall Farm, precise location uncertain. Possibly NO 3483 9384?
NMRS PLANS: F.A.M. MacDonald Collection - 1888 Estate plan.
All 2001 RCAHMS survey material is held on restricted access.
