Aberdeenshire HER - NJ70NE0012 - SKENE HOUSE

Site Details
Date and Period
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Spatial Information
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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	A	100
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	B	100
17th Century	C	100
18th Century	D	100
19th Century	E	100

Period Notes

Original tower from 14thC; barony of Skene granted to Robert Skene in 1318 and held by descendants until 1827; house gutted and remodelled 1680; south wing added c.1745; again remodelled to extensive baronial mansion 1847-50; table sundial dated 1736.

Architect Details

Sundial by J Williamson, Aberdeen; 1847-50 Archibald Simpson; remodelling and completed by William Ramage.