Aberdeenshire HER - NJ43NW0119 - BLAIRMORE HOUSE

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Primary ReferenceNJ43NW0119
NameBLAIRMORE HOUSE
NRHE Card No.NJ43NW85
NRHE Numlink 186661
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 9159
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details House, later in use as a school and now in use as a religious centre, built in 1884-85 by A. Marshall Mackenzie (of Matthews and Mackenzie) for Alexander Geddes ('The Chicago Grain King'). It is a Baronial building, with the western part being two-storey with a flat battlemented roof, rounded angles corbelled to square at the first floor, a porch to the west side and an oriel to the centre south end. The eastern part is two-storey basement and attic, with a pitched roof and crowsteps. It is constructed from dark rockfaced granite with light dressings and mullioned and transomed windows. To the west of the house is a walled garden, The OS 2nd edition also shows greenhouses and a fountain.
Last Update11/04/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GARDENSWALLED B100
FOUNTAINS  C100
HOUSES  A100