Badenyon, Steading

Badenyon, the head of the glen, is a classic Donside farm, solid single-storey-and-attic farmhouse of c.1800 with two half-dormers emerging at the wallhead and a U-plan, single-storey, with lofts steading, (?) c.1830, adjoining. Nearby is site of Badenyon Castle, long gone. A door-hinge in steading is said to come from the castle.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Little altered single storey (partly with lofts), disused U-plan steading forming group with Begg´s House. Incorporating monumental stone-lintelled, square-headed cart arches with fine decoratively snecked centre pier. Snecked rubble with ashlar quoins. Further Description:S (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: symmetrical with advanced gabled ranges flanking recessed central range. Gable to left with 2 square-headed cart arches, centre pier with decorative contrasting snecking giving way to similar voussoired joint above between huge tooled granite lintels and 2 loft openings above. Gable to right with doorway at left, evidence of blocked opening at right and 2 loft openings above. Variety of openings (some blocked) to recessed face and returns. Evidence of 6-paned glazing pattern in timber windows. Grey slates and small cast-iron rooflights. Ashlar coped skews with block skewputts.

Begg´s House Steading forms part of an important early group at the site of Badenyon Castle. This example at Begg´s House is a fine example of a larger more prosperous farm than most throughout the Glen, and its decaying state is indicative of the common decline experienced during the twentieth century. (Historic Scotland)