Aberdeenshire HER - NJ82NW0140 - CROMLET HILL, SOUTH ROAD, OLD MELDRUM

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Primary ReferenceNJ82NW0140
NameCROMLET HILL, SOUTH ROAD, OLD MELDRUM
NRHE Card No.NJ82NW158
NRHE Numlink 191679
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 38905
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details House, still in use, built in the early 19th century with later additions, depicted on the historic OS maps as Cromlethill, with a sundial shown in the southeast of the garden, ranges, outbuildings and a pump to the northeast. The centre block is two-storey and three-window, and is stuccoed with lining out and first floor belt course, a wooden Doric column porch and a piended roof. Set-back are one-window wings, with roofs behind plain parapets. There is a square stair-tower and later broad-eaved addition to the back, and simple distinctive interior work. A blue and green glazed tiled commemorative plaque is set into the enclosing wall to the street, inscribed 'Birthplace of Sir Patrick Manson, GC, MG, MD, FRCP, DCS, LLD, FRS, 1844-1922, the father of tropical medicine'. It was erected by the London School of Tropical Medicine, which was founded by him in 1899. The current OS edition map shows the sundial in the southwest of the garden, and the pump is no longer shown. A photographic survey was carried out in 2022 prior to proposed redevelopment.
Last Update08/07/2022
Updated Byjnicholson
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2022 Building Recording

Excavations and Surveys


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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
HOUSES  A100
SUNDIALS  B100
RANGES  C100
OUTBUILDINGS  D100