Ecclesgreig House
Country House (19th Century)
Site Name Ecclesgreig House
Classification Country House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Criggie; Craigie; Ecclescreig Castle; Mount Cyrus; St Cyrus
Canmore ID 36336
Site Number NO76NW 8
NGR NO 73797 65858
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36336
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish St Cyrus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO76NW 8.00 73797 65858
NO76NW 8.01 NO 7369 6604 Burial-ground
NO76NW 8.02 NO 7426 6519 Lodge
NO76NW 8.03 NO 7367 6519 Steading
NO76NW 8.04 NO 73825 65824 Terrace, Steps and Garden Ornaments
See also:
NO76SW 24 NO 74593 64964 Burnside House (Ecclesgreig House, Dower House)
NMRS REFERENCE:
Ecclesgreig House.
Architect: H.E.Goodridge - additions and alterations for Forsyth Grant 1846.
Ecclesgreig was formerly the name of the village and parish now St. Cyrus.
NMRS Plans:
I.G. Lindsay Collection, W/217.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Air photographs: AAS/97/03/G6/5-9 and AAS/97/03/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/29.
Evidently complete reconstruction of earlier house. Jacobean, 2-storey, coursers, symmetrical SE front, 3-storey central division with 2-storey rectangular bay, crowstepped gable and flanking turrets; 2-window either side, upper windows corbelled out with shaped gables, slim angle turrets; NE entrance front has 3-storey and attic battlemented porte- cochere tower, SW front curious square tower broached to circular at top. Idiosyncratic detail, shaped gablets and tall-spired roofs. Extensive pierced balustrades to garden terraces, with finials, numerous garden ornaments.
Built for Forsyth Grant. The RA catalogue describes the work as alterations and additions. The NSA refers to the house as 'Mount Cyrus a substantial and graceful building'. (Historic Scotland)
