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Country House, circa 130 metres North-East of Cullen House (NJ56NW0003), with Cullen House Stables adjacent to the West (NJ56NW0122). The house is two-storey and symmetrically fronted, and is of various builds, with 18th and early-19th century core, and additions and alterations in 1825-30 and circa 1900. This core is the only surviving dwelling from the town of Old Cullen (NJ56NW0004), and was the home to John Fraser, who was a cashier, and later the commissioner to the Earl of Seafield, 1811-58. It is harled with ashlar margins, which are mainly painted white. There is a six-bay U-plan East frontage. The centre entrance is masked by a single-storey pedimented and pilastered porch, by William Robertson in 1825-30. There is a panelled door in the porch, with narrow windows in centre recessed bays. The house was raised from a single storey in circa 1900 by John Fowlie, architect. The rear of the house is flanked by projecting wings at the North and South. From the Western end of the Northern wing there is an additional single-storey wing that extends North. There is 8- and 12-pane glazing used. There is a coped and margined ridge, wallhead stacks and slate roofs, which are mainly piended. There are gatepiers, probably from the early-19th century, and probably by Fraser's of Banff. They are a pair of re-used open trellis cast-iron gatepiers, with small apex urn finials. They support a pair of matching spearhead carriage gates. The gatepiers and gates were formerly from Woodside gate lodge (NJ 48340 65289), which was demolished in circa 1980.
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