Moray HER - NJ46SW0112 - LETTERFOURIE HOME FARM

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Primary ReferenceNJ46SW0112
NameLETTERFOURIE HOME FARM
NRHE Card No.NJ46SW35
NRHE Numlink 133299
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 15544
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Farmstead and granary, still in use, shown on 1st and 2nd edition OS maps and dated 1776. The granary building is still in use as a dwelling house. The 2-storey, 3-bay granary centre block is the only original feature to survive of a remarkable and large hollow, U-plan, South-facing steading. All former buildings to the East are ruinous, and a mill pond can be traced at the North-East. To the West is a re-modelled irregular single-storey and loft range, with a corrugated iron roof. The granary is rubble built with ashlar dressings. There is a central doorway, and a centre round-headed keystoned loft door with blocked imposts above, flanked by small loft windows on each side. The centre gable breaks the wallhead with the Gordon coat of arms, and an apex birdcage bellcote in the tympanum, and a ball finial. The weathervane and bell are inscribed 'Letterfurie', and the coat of arms with the Gordon motto 'Dum sisto vigilo' ('As I stand, I watch'). There are 2 rear loft windows, and a large later entrance slapped in the ground floor. A piended loft entrance breaks the wallhead at the East with a forestair. There is a piended local slate roof with stone ridge. It is the home farm for Letterfourie House to the South (NJ46SW0035).
Last Update05/03/2018
Updated Bycpalmer
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
FARMSTEADS REMAINS OFA100
GRANARIESRUBBLE-BUILTTWO-STOREYB100
PONDSMILLSITE OFC100
BELLS INSCRIBEDD100
BELLCOTESBIRD-CAGE E100
WEATHER-VANES INSCRIBEDF100
COAT-OF-ARMS  G100
ROOFSSLATEPIENDEDH100
DRESSINGSASHLAR I100
RANGES SINGLE-STOREYJ100
ROOFSCORRUGATED-IRON K100
DOORWAYSCENTRAL L100
FINIALSBALL M100
RIDGESSTONE N100