Mounie Castle, Garden House
Garden House (17th Century)
Site Name Mounie Castle, Garden House
Classification Garden House (17th Century)
Canmore ID 241904
Site Number NJ72NE 14.01
NGR NJ 76592 28678
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241904
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Daviot
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The Garden House of 1694 (with an incised date 1735 IG) was delightfully restored by Robert Lorimer in 1898. Lorimer was also responsible for the wrought-iron gates between the alternately fluted and rusticated gatepiers of (?)1694 (and had other, more elaborate plans which were never realised).
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Small square-plan garden house rising to 2 storeys with a dormerless attic. The sash windows display glazing bars in chamfered openings. A later incised date reads "IG 1735". The house was restored by R. S. Lorimer in 1898.(Historic Scotland)
