Leslie House, Forester's Lodge

Leslie House.

The original "palace” (1) of Leslie, which was built round a quadrangle immediately east of the town of Leslie, was destroyed by fire in 1763, but the western wing was reconstructed in 1767 by John, Earl of Rothes (2), to form the present mansion. So far as the walls are concerned, the earlier work can be traced only on the east side, where it extends for a distance of 63 feet up to a height of two storeys. On the north, however, partly incorporated in the present building and partly extending eastward beyond it, is a vaulted ground floor of store-houses and kitchens, which survived the fire; above lay a long gallery, which measured 157 by 23 feet. On the south a rock garden has been contrived from sundry fragments of the old south wing.

ARMORIAL PANEL, LESLIE HOUSE, ENTRANCELODGE. Into the modern lodge standing at the east end of the High Street is inserted a 17th century armorial panel bearing the arms of the Earl of Rothes impaled with a Lindsay coat. John, seventh Earl of Rothes (1641-1681), married Anne daughter of John, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 5 August 1927.

(1) A charter of 1606 specifies "The Lordship and barony of Leslie with the palace." Reg. Mag. Sig., s.a.; No. 1805. (2) Stat. Acct., vi (1793), p. 53.

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Information from RCAHMS (SC) 9 September 2011