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Farmstead, still in use, depicted on the 1st edition OS map as Bridgealehouse, an almost H-shaped structure, orientated north-south, with the southeast range slightly offset. The farmhouse lies to the north, with a garden enclosure to the east of it. A mill lade leads to the most southerly building from the west. By the 2nd edition OS map the steading has been altered to a rectangular shape with a range to the east on its southern side. The lade is still depicted. Now the southern range extension is ruined but the steading retains the same shape. The mill lade is no longer depicted. The farmhouse is category C(S) Listed, and dates to the early 19th century with alterations in the later 19th century. It is a tall single storey and attic, 3-bay, L-plan house with stone-pedimented windowheads. It is harled with granite ashlar dressings to the east and north dormer windows. Bridgealehouse operated as an ale house beside the Aberdeen to Inverurie Canal and later for the nearby Kintore railway station (Aberdeen to Huntly line) which opened in 1854. The house was probably also a posting station on the Great Northern Road, with three stage-coaches passing through Kintore twice daily, this would certainly have called for the ample stabling provided by this good-sized steading. A photographic survey of the summerhouse was carried out in 2017 prior to proposed demolition. A Level 1 Standing Building Survey was carried out in March 2018 by Covell Matthews Architects prior to proposed conversion and alterations.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)