Newton

Armorial Panel and Vault, Newton Farm.

This panel is built into the gable on the westside of the cart-shed. It is divided into two parts. In the upper is a shield, surmounted by mantling and a helm with a demi-griffin segreant for crest, all beneath a label with the motto, GRIP FAST. The shield is supported by griffins and bears: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, three buckles on a bend, for Leslie; 2nd and 3rd, a lion rampant, for Abernethy-the whole representing Leslie of that ilk. In the lower portion of the panel is a shield supported by ‘wodehouses' and bearing: A chevron between three crescents, probably for Dury. Below the shield is a very weatherworn label, bearing what seem to be the initials D.L. and V.D.

In another part of the steading stands a small vaulted chamber measuring internally 9 feet 4 inches by 8 feet 11 inches, the only surviving fragment of a small 17th-century house, which has been L-shaped on plan.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 26 May 1927.

This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information. Further information on listed buildings is available from http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/

Information from RCAHMS (SC) 9 September 2011