Aberdeenshire HER - NJ83NE0029 - HOUSE OF SCHIVAS

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) A100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) B100 1585  
Modern (1900 - 2050) E100    
18th Century C100    
19th Century D100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Built c.1585; NE wing added 1750; main block extended west 1780; north wing built before 1851; burnt 1900; rebuilt 1902; internal works from 1931; restored 1934-7.

Architect Details

Architect Details 16thC Thomas Leper, master mason; 1902 AG Sydney Mitchell (executed by James Cobban); 1931 A H L Mackinnon; 1934 restoration by J Fenton Wyness. Plasterwork of great hall by Mitchell. James Cobban was born in 1873 and articled to George Sutherland of Aberdeen and Elgin in 1890. After completing his apprenticeship in 1895 he secured a position as assistant in the office of McKay & Doig, Elgin. Throughout this period he studied at the Elgin School of Art and obtained many South Kensington Art Certificates. He commenced independent practice in Keith in 1898, and the following year was appointed architect to Lord Aberdeen at Haddo House, although he continued his private practice in addition to the estate work. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being George Sutherland, Robert Baillie Pratt and George Watt. He ceased practising in September 1923.