Angus HER - NO66NW0075 - STRACATHRO HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO66NW0075
Name	STRACATHRO HOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NO66NW54
NMRS Numlink	35986
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Mansion house, still in residential use, built in 1827 by Archibald Simpson, architect, with alterations in 1913. It is shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps as a rectangular building with wings projecting east and west, and a garden area to the north. It is a large symmetrical Graeco-Roman ashlar-faced mansion, with two storeys at the south-east, and two storeys with a later attic and basement at the north-west, with single-storey and basement wings. There are six-bay fluted Corinthian colonnades, set in pilasters between the two balustraded window ends. The centre three bays are advanced, with a pediment as a porte-cochere, after the manner of Carlton House, London. The wings have a tetrastyle anta order with pediment, and there is a rusticated terrace and basement. Stracathro Hospital was established in World War II to the grounds to the south of the house (NO66NW0119), and for a time the house was used as staff residence. The gates from this house were moved to the grounds at Careston Castle in 1957 (NO55NW0102).
Last Update	18/01/2017

National Grid Reference: NO 6254 6557

Easting: 362550, Northing: 765540

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
PORT-COCHERES			C	100
PEDIMENTS			D	100
TERRACES		RUSTICATED	E	100
GARDENS			B	100
MANSIONS		TWO-STOREY	A	100
WINGS		SINGLE-STOREY	F	100
MANSIONS		GRAECO-ROMAN	G	100
COLUMNS		CORINTHIAN	H	100
ENDS	WINDOW	BALUSTRADED	I	100
BAYS		ADVANCED	J	100
BAYS		PEDIMENTED	K	100
PORT-COCHERES			L	100
BASEMENTS		RUSTICATED	M	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category A

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/02/6/G17/21-23	Air-oblique	Black & White	20/06/2002
AAS	AAS/02/6/CT59-64	Air-oblique	Colour Transparency	20/06/2002
AAS	AAS/08/3/DG086	Air-oblique		22/07/2008

Bibliographic Detail

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Stracathro
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	1:1 - 1:500
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude	45
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	N
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Residential
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Hydrology

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
19th Century	B	100		1905

Period Notes

Period Notes

Building began in 1857, and there were alterations in 1913. It was listed on 11/06/1971.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Archibald Simpson (Aberdeen), architect - 1857.

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