Aberdeenshire HER - NJ93SE0122 - ELLON CASTLE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ93SE0122
Name	ELLON CASTLE
NMRS Card No.	NJ93SE29
NMRS Numlink	122233
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Garden house, built in 1715 with additions and alterations by James Matthews in 1851, and is part of the gardens at Ellon Castle (NJ93SE0001). It was originally a three-storey, three-window building, reduced to two-storey with a neo-Tudor parapet and stairs added in 1851. The house is constructed from pinned rubble with channel-pilastered angles and an architraved doorpiece with pulvinated frieze.
Last Update	17/04/2025

National Grid Reference: NJ 9600 3071

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler	NCA
Date of Compilation	01/02/2017

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
GARDEN-HOUSES			A	100

Google Map for NJ93SE0122

National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Ellon
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	20
Geology
Topography	Valley
Aspect 1	S
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Horticulture
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Hydrology

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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
18th Century	B	100		1904
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
19th Century	C	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Listed 16/04/1971. Built in 1715, and reduced in height and a tower and stairs added in 1851.

Architect Details

Architect Details

James Matthews - 1851.

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