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House still in use, dating from circa 1843, (possibly designed by William Henderson) with 1883 additions. Built close to the spot where the highland host camped before the Battle of Harlaw (1411). The earliest part, the harled cottage-style house with gablets over the first-floor windows, was originally a Free Church manse (the bay windows are an addition). The church was then near the railway line but in 1853 was taken down and rebuilt at Pittodrie where a new manse was built. That church is now demolished but the manse survives. The narrow, four-storeyed tower with full baronial parapet in rough red granite ashlar (and the thin angle turret on the original house) was built by Alexander Collie, Slate Merchant of Aberdeen ... 'as a tribute to the memory of those brave citizens of Bon Accord who along with their noble Provost Sir Robert Davidson fell fighting for their country's rights against the usurper Donald of the Isles on Friday 24 July 1411. Plaque over the door - 'George Fordyce and Co. Builders, Aberdeen' .
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Historic Environment Records (HER)