Aberdeenshire HER - NJ93SW0044 - ESSLEMONT HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ93SW0044
Name	ESSLEMONT HOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NJ93SW38
NMRS Numlink	142801
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Mansion House, designed by J Russell Mackenzie 1865, incorporating the earlier 1769 house at the centre. Of the original 1769 house only sections of masonry remain chiefly on the north front where the fenestration and eaves course is partly original. The Baronial 1865 house is 2-storey with basement and attic, built of squared granite, with a 4-storey crenellated southeast tower with ogee-capped bell turret. A semi-circular entrance feature is corbelled to square. It has a simple interior, the staircase reconstructed in circa 1958. See NJ93SW0055 for designed landscape.
Last Update	16/04/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 9322 3044

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
MANSIONS		REMAINS OF	A	100
HOUSES	BARONIAL		B	100
TOWERS		CRENELLATED	C	100
TURRETS	BELL	OGEE-CAPPED	D	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/00/01/G1/15	Air-oblique	Black & White	20/01/2000
AAS	AAS/00/01-2/G2/1-4	Air-oblique	Black & White	20/01/2000
AAS	AAS/00/01/CT13-5	Air-oblique	Colour Transparency	20/01/2000

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
02265	BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST						ELLON 10

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Ellon
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	40
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	NE
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Residential
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
Modern (1900 - 2050)	D	100
18th Century	B	100
19th Century	C	100

Period Notes

Original part of house 1769; additions to house and lodge built 1865; stables 1868; internal alterations, mainly at stairs reconstructed 1958. Listed 16/04/1971

Architect Details

John Russell Mackenzie, architect 1865 and 1868; A Marshall Mackenzie & Son and John Gibb Marr, architectural practice 1958.

Maritime Archaeology

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