Aberdeenshire HER - NK06SW0099 - SOUTH LODGE, CAIRNESS HOUSE

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNK06SW0099
NameSOUTH LODGE, CAIRNESS HOUSE
NMRS Card No.NK06SW23
NMRS Numlink181088
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details Gatehouse and gated entrance to Cairness House. South Lodge was designed by James Playfair circa 1791-97 but was not erected until 1891 on the occasion of the centenary of Cairness House. It is the principal entrance to the house, with monolithic rusticated square-section gatepiers and sphinxes, linked by low walls with inset decorative ironwork railings. The lodge is a single storey structure, square in plan with pedimented roof with pedimented centres incorporating arched windows in arched recesses flanked by niches. Constructed of ashlar with rock-faced base course, incised frieze, cornice, blocking course and fluted central stacks.
Last Update03/02/2023

National Grid Reference: NK 0370 6008


Easting: 366200, Northing: 861300

CompilerCH
Date of Compilation26/02/2009

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GATEPIERS SPHINXD100
ROOFSPAVILION E100
WINDOWS ARCHEDF100
RECESSES ARCHEDG100
NICHES  H100
LODGESASHLARSINGLE-STOREYA100
GATESIRONDECORATIVEB100
GATEPIERSSQUARE-SECTIONRUSTICATEDC100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category A

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Lonmay
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.
Altitude20
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1SSE
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 1905  

Period Notes

Period Notes Built 1891

Architect Details

Architect Details James Playfair, c.1791-97

Maritime Archaeology

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