Basic Site Details Name: | Aboyne Castle | Town, district or village: | Aboyne | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | (At Aboyne castle) Mr Truefitt, about five years ago, pulled down the old kitchen department, which was in a ruinous condition, and erected new buildings in their place, all of granite with stepped gables, very simply done, but effectively. We notice the total absence of mouldings, everything done being square in the edges, and which seems to be the most reasonable way of using granite, - certainly the best way of saving the client’s pocket. We have often seen in polished work that square members look better than moulded, and cost nothing at all compared with the latter. We now see the same result in unpolished work. [Aberdeen Journal/Builder 19 September 1874 p791-792]
The involvement of George Truffitt would suggest a link between this work and the marriage of the Marquis to the daughter of William Cunliffe Brooks in 1869. See also Glen Tanar. Aboyne Castle largely demolished and Truefitt's work completely removed.
About 1899 T H Mawson prepared plans for new entrances. avenues, and carriage court, together with extensive lawns and gardens at the castle. Mawson had previously worked for Sir William Cunliffe Brooks at the nearby Glen Tanar estate.
During restoration, interior plasterwork by Albert Cramb and masonwork by Alistair Urquhart | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Castle | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1835 | | Alterations and additions | Since removed | | 1860 | | | Proposed additions probably not built | | c. 1869 | | Addition | New buildings replacing ktchens | | 1885 | | | Proposals for additions | | 1890s | | | Remodelling | | c. 1899 | | Addition | Entrances. avenues, carriage court, extensive lawns and gardens proposed - not executed | | 1904 | | | Restoration and alterations | | 1974 | 1982 | Restoration | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Aboyne Castle Estate | Client for 1904 restoration and alterations | | Cunliffe-Brooks, Sir William | Manchester banker and Member of Parliament. Client for 1899 work, including gardens | | Huntly, 9th Marquis of | Client for William Burn work | | Marquis of Huntly | For 1869 work? or was this paid for by Sir William Cunliffe Brooks |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p55 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Geddes, Jane | 2001 | Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS/Rutland Press | p115 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p574 | | Jamieson, David and Wilson, W Stewart | 2001 | Old Royal Deeside | | Stenlake | p25 (as in 1915) | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1927 | The Life and Works of an English Landscape Architect | | | p46 onwards | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp65, 312 | | Waymark, Janet | 2009 | Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscape | | Frances Lincoln Ltd. London | p87 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 September 1874 | | | p791-792 Reprinted from Aberdeen Journal | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128 List of works by Burn compiled by T L Donaldson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Aberdeen City Archives | George Bennett Mitchell and Son Collection | | GMB 1900/5/1 | | DMW Archive | A G R Mackenzie notes | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 3122 | | | Information courtesy of Graeme More who has specialist knowledge of Dan Gibson | Information via website (from Graeme More) | | | | Lord Aboyne | Aboyne Castle drawings | | Copies of drawings in NMRS | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | For proposed Mackenzie additions etc | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | |
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