Basic Site Details Name: | Steading, Linkwood Farm | Town, district or village: | Elgin (near) | City or county: | Moray | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | New steading has just been erected on the farm at Linkwood, near Elgin, belonging to Earl Seafield, for the use of the tenant, Mr Eric Sunderland. The buildings are Gothic in character, and have been erected in freestone, with slated roofs, except the court, 132 feet by 66 feet, which is covered with corrugated iron. The floors to stables and cow-byres, poultry-houses, and piggeries, are of cement concrete, scored in squares to prevent slipping. The steading accommodates 104 head of cattle, with arrangements for extensions, should they be necessary. Messrs Matthews and Mackenzies, of Elgin, were the architects; and the contractors were : Masons, Messrs Dow and Ray, of Rothes; carpenter, Mr Jas. Mitchell, Keith; slater, Mr Alex. Stewart, Aberlow; plasterers, Messrs Maciver and Yourice, Elgin; plumber, Mr J Gordon, Elgin; concrete work, M. G. Ogilvie, Elgin; and ironwork, Messrs Abemethy and Co., Ferryhill, Aberdeen. [Building News 16 July 1880 p82] | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Steading | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1880 | | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | | 1880 | | | | James Matthews | | | 1880 | | | | Matthews & Mackenzie | | | 1880 | | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | p612 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 16 July 1880 | | | p82 |
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