Meldrum House
Meldrum House | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire |
Country | Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°20′39″N 2°18′54″W / 57.344058°N 2.3151195°WCoordinates: 57°20′39″N 2°18′54″W / 57.344058°N 2.3151195°W |
Completed | c. 1625 |
Meldrum House is a Category B listed[1] country house and estate in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It dates to around 1625 (although its datestone is not in its original position), and it received its historic designation in 1971.[2]
The nucleus of the house is the original part, with alterations made to its surrounding structure in the 18th and 19th centuries. Archibald Simpson reconstructed it as a symmetrical neo-Jacobean three-storey mansion in the late 1830s. W. L. Duncan further reconstructed it a century later at the request of then-owner Lady Doris Duff.[2]
Today, the estate is a hotel and golf course.[3]
The house is said to be haunted by a "White Lady".[4] Early on the morning of Christmas Day 1617, while the laird of Meldrum was away hunting with his hawks, his servant John Gordon abducted Marjorie Gordon, daughter of Grisel Stewart, Lady Meldrum, from the house.[5]
The house's outer gate, stable and coachhouse block, dated 1628, is Category A listed.[6]
Gallery[]
Second entrance, pictured in 2013
Outer gate, also pictured in 2013
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Meldrum House (19638)". Canmore.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Meldrum House (LB16247)".
- ^ "Meldrum House" (PDF). meldrumhousegolf.co.uk.
- ^ Aberdeen Press & Journal, 31 October 2006
- ^ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 619.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Meldrum House outer gate, stable and coachhouse block (LB16225)".
External links[]
- Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
- Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire
- Country houses in Aberdeenshire
- Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland
- Scottish building and structure stubs