Aberdeenshire HER - NJ82NE0053 - PITMEDDEN HOUSE

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100

Period Notes

From 9th November 1853 restoration took place after fire caused damage. 1861 the duck house and stables. From 1885 to 1886 reconstruction was proposed but never executed. From 1954 to 1955 repairs were made to the garden for NTS. In 1956 Fountatin was reconstructed from fragments.

Architect Details

Restoration after fire damage 1853 by William Henderson. Duck house and stables 1861 by James Forbes Beattie. (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson, George Washington Browne and Hew Maitland Wardrop (later Hew Montgomerie Wardrop) from 1885 to 1886 Proposed reconstruction - not executed; exhibited as Wardrop's work. Henry Alfred Wardrop (or Harry Alfred Wardrop) 1886; Proposed reconstruction - not executed; exhibited as Harry Wardrop's work. A Marshall Mackenzie & Son Architectural ( Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie and John Gibb Marr) from 1954 to 1955: Repairs to Great Garden for NTS. Also alterations to house. James Smith Richardson Architect 1956 Fountain reconstructed from fragments and oversaw the reconstruction of parterres.