Glenbervie House
Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glenbervie House
Classification Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glenbervie Castle; Glenbervie House Policies
Canmore ID 36584
Site Number NO78SE 16
NGR NO 76768 80361
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36584
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenbervie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO78SE 16.00 76768 80361
NO78SE 16.01 76771 80489 Sundial
NO78SE 16.02 76898 80643 Dovecot
NO78SE 16.03 76869 80658 West gates
NO78SE 16.04 77276 80712 East gates
NO78SE 16.05 7692 8052 Home Farm
NO78SE 16.06 7678 8050 walled garden
NO78SE 16.07 7726 8070 lodge
(NO 7678 8038) Glenbervie House (NR)
OS 6" map, Kincardineshire, 2nd ed., (1904)
The oldest part of the present Glenbervie House is an oblong block with two round towers projecting to the E, of 15th or 16th century date, whose original fabric remains to a height of eight feet above ground level. According to Tranter the towers are of a courtyard-type castle of early date with some of the curtain walling still traceable (Tranter 1962-70). It was altered and enlarged in 1700, and in 1854 when the entire roof-line and northern (sic) frontage was altered in pseudo-baronial style (Simpson 1962).
Edward 1 spent a night in Glenbervie Castle in 1296, when it was held by the Melville family. It passed to Sir Alexander Auchinleck in 1468 (Simpson 1962).
W D Simpson 1962; N Tranter 1962-70.
Glenbervie House, occupied and in good condition, is as described by Simpson. The curtain walling mentioned by Tranter could not be located. The roof of the S tower was altered in 1964 to make it the same as the N tower.
Visited by OS (RL) 11 December 1969.
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
(GRC/AAS air photographic cover listed). This monument is situated on a S-facing bluff formed by the meeting of two burns.
NMRS, MS/712/19.
OWNER: Mrs Badenoch Nicolson
Photographic Survey (1956)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.
