Moray HER - NJ13NE0101 - GATE LODGE, BALLINDALLOCH CASTLE

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Primary ReferenceNJ13NE0101
NameGATE LODGE, BALLINDALLOCH CASTLE
NRHE Card No.NJ13NE6
NRHE Numlink 100603
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 8461
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Scottish Baronial Gate Lodge to Ballindalloch Castle (NJ13NE0004) by Thomas Mackenzie, 1850. Three-storey, slender rectangular plan, single bay lodge with projecting stair tower rising full height at southwest angle and gate arch springing from east elevation. Harled exterior with tooled and polished ashlar dressings and margins. Lodge doorway in east elevation sheltered by thickness of archway, with similar doors across drive to store. Studded plank doors with decorative wrought-iron hinges. Small ground floor northeast angle window, corbelled wallhead encircles crowstepped caphouse at second floor, with access to wallhead from stair tower, small pepperpot bartizan at northeast and small square open bartizans at southeast and northwest angles. Fish-scale Banffshire slate roofs to bellcast turrets, similar slates to caphouse. Round-headed gate arch with crenellated overthrow. Moulded and nailhead surround to archway flanked by dummy shot holes (probably formerly housing bellpulls). Coat of arms in square plaque with cable moulded border above archway (south) and monogram (north). Pair iron gates in style of yett fitting shape of round-headed archway when closed.
Last Update29/07/2022
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerLBU
Date of Compilation01/01/2014

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
COAT-OF-ARMS  C100
LODGES  A100
ARCHES  B100