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Esslemont House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Esslemont House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Esslemont House Estate; Esslemont House Policies
Canmore ID 142801
Site Number NJ93SW 38
NGR NJ 93226 30447
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142801
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Ellon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Esslemont House, 1769. Of the original 1769 house only sections of masonry remain, principally in the north front where the fenestration and eaves-course are partly original. (Old photograph shows a two-storey, two-basement, five-window house with piend roof, big chimneys and a centre Doric porch.) J Russell Mackenzie's transformation is big, baronial but somewhat uninspired. An asymmetrical composition in squared granite, of two storeys, basement and attic with a four-storey crenellated tower at south-east with an ogee-capped bell-turret. Staircase reconstruction, c.1958, A G R Mackenzie.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ93SW 38.00 93226 30447
NJ93SW 38.01 9240 3035 West Lodge
NJ93SW 38.02 9430 3043 East Lodge
NJ93SW 38.03 9294 3012 Esslemont Home Farm
NJ93SW 38.04 9432 3037 Meiklemill steading
NJ93SW 38.05 9293 3033 Kennels
NJ93SW 38.06 9335 3044 Walled garden
NJ93SW 38.07 9454 3035 Meiklemill Cottages
NJ93SW 38.08 9307 3029 Commercial Buildings
For Castle of Esslemont (NJ 9323 2973) see NJ92NW 1. For Mains of Esslemont (NJ 9305 2960) and associated cottage (NJ 9288 2974), see NJ92NW 31.00 and NJ92NW 31.01 respectively.
NMRS REFERENCE:
OWNER: Robert Wolrige Gordon. (Source - Aberdeenshire 3rd. Statistical Account. Published 1960.)
Built for the Gordons of Hallhead. Enlarged 1866.
Photographic Survey (15 March 2013)
Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publlications 2013-14.
