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Dinnet House mansion. Designed by Marshall Mackenzie, 1890. A Marshall Mackenzie and Son restored top two floors and added a square entrance tower in 1905-11 after fire. There were further alterations by George Angus Mitchell circa 1920-25. The west wing was reduced from 3-storey and attic to single storey 1976. Monumental 2- and 3-storey Baronial mansion sited on high ground in extensive policies overlooking River Dee. Incorporating crenellated round and square towers, shaped and crowstepped gables, tripartite, square-plan and oriel windows, Tudor-arched polished granite doorpiece and window altered from door. Granite with Aberdeen bond and bull-faced margins. Deep base course and mutuled cornices to towers. Relieving arches, timber transoms and mullions, stone mullions to tripartite, oriel and tower windows. fine crenellated terrace walls to the south and east. Defence of Britain Project recorded that the house was used as a convalescent home during World War II. There are associated stables to the south-west (NO49NW0152), a walled garden to the east (NO49NE0133), a North Lodge (NO49NW0153) with kennels nearby (NO49NW0117) and an East Lodge (NO49NE0142), all probably built around the same time as the house.
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