Aberdeenshire HER - NJ94NE0093 - ADEN HOUSE WALLED GARDEN

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ94NE0093
NameADEN HOUSE WALLED GARDEN
NMRS Card No.NJ94NE63
NMRS Numlink120925
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Walled garden, potting shed, bothy and gardener's house. Dated 1766, but probably rebuilt earlier to mid 19th century. Fine rectangular-plan walled garden sited at heart of Aden estate close to semicircular steading. Incorporating piend-roofed bothy, potting shed and gardener's cottage. Random rubble with squared quoins, irregular rubble coping, and segmental-headed openings. Carved stone raised above coping at the north with '17 M F WATT 66'. The Bothy is a single storey and attic, 3-bay, piend-roofed, rectangular-plan building to the northwest angle of the garden. It has a boarded timber door to centre with windows in flanking bays, high wallhead above. Small traditional rooflight in slated roof, lying 8-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows and wallhead stack to the west Timber-lined interior with narrow winding timber staircase and open fire. The potting shed is a long low rubble lean-to structure adjoining the outer elevation of the north garden wall and adjoining bothy at the west. The Head Gardener's house is a single storey, 3-bay, gabled house at the northwest angle of garden wall.
Last Update30/08/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 9828 4784


Easting: 397284, Northing: 848937

CompilerCH
Date of Compilation18/12/2008

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GARDENSWALLED A100
BOTHIES  B100
POTTING-SHEDS  C100
COTTAGES  D100

Google Map for NJ94NE0093


National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category C

Regional Status

Regional Status
Local Government Guardianship
Country Park

Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
07065ADEN - WHERE THE PRESENT MEETS THE PAST. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY REVIEW, 184, (1990) 292-299A F HILL1990     1990

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Old Deer
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, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude55
Geology 
Topography Flat
Aspect 1 
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Country Park
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

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

Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    
18th Century B100 1904  
19th Century C100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Dated 1766, probably rebuilt mid-19th century

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

empty