Knockespock, Tower Lodge
Lodge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knockespock, Tower Lodge
Classification Lodge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tower Lodge, Knockespock
Canmore ID 75334
Site Number NJ52SE 25
NGR NJ 55833 24957
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75334
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Clatt
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Tower Lodge, Knockespock, 19th century. A baronial surprise on a narrow back road, its height on so narrow a base being rather improbable. Two lower of three storeys are circular, corbelled to square for a tall, gabled (with crowstepping) third floor, the whole flanked by tall, rocket-like stair-tower. A small, rustic version of William Kelly's gates at Dunecht. Restored and extended sensitively with small single-storey wing, also corbie-stepped, in 1992, by James Masson and Robert Crabbe; Geraldine Scott Design Award.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ52SE 25 55833 24957
For Knockespock House (NJ 5444 2409) and related buildings, see NJ52SW 22.00.
Tower Lodge, Knockespock, 19th century. A baronial surprise on a narrow back road, its height on so narrow a base being rather improbable. The two lower of the three storeys are circular, corbelled to square for a tall and gabled (with crowstepping) third floor, the whole flanked by a tall rocket-like stair-tower. A small and rustic version of William Kelly's gates at Dunecht.
Restored and extended (sensitively) with a small single-storey wing, also corbie-stepped, in 1992 by James Masson and Robert Crabbe: Geraldine Scott Design Award.
I Shepherd 1994.
