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Durris House, a small 3-storey attic tower-house with angle turret and stair tower, within a designed landscape (NO79NE0068). What survives may be the remains of an earlier large court-yard type of castle, much of the vaulted basement foundations of which survive below present ground level. It was altered in the late 17th century with 19th century additions by Archibald Simpson. It was again altered and converted to flats in 1980s. Cosmo Innes (an advocate, judge and antiquarian) was born here. The Durris estate was held from the 13th century by a branch of the great family of Fraser. It passed by marriage to the Earl of Peterborough towards the end of the 17th century. A Duke of Gordon eventually fell heir to the property. It was sold in 1834 and again in 1871. The house was burned by Montrose at the same time as Castle Fraser. There are B-listed stables to the east (NO79NE0122), a B-listed lodge to the northeast (NO89NW0078), a C-listed cottage to the south (NO79NE0120) and the remains of a sawmill to the southwest (NO79NE0201).
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