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Harlaw House

Country House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Harlaw House

Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Harlaw, Free Church Manse

Canmore ID 124947

Site Number NJ72SW 134

NGR NJ 74714 24771

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Chapel Of Garioch
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

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Harlaw House, c.1843, (?)William Henderson; 1883 additions. Built close to the spot where the highland host camped before the Battle of Harlaw (1411), an eccentric group, born not of whimsy but rather a perfervid north-eastern world view. The earliest part, the harled cottage-style house with gablets over the first-floor windows, was originally a Free Church manse (the bay windows are an addition). The church was then near the railway line but in 1853 was taken down and rebuilt at Pittodrie where a new manse was built. That church is now demolished but the manse survives (qv).

The narrow, four-storeyed tower with full baronial parapet in rough red granite ashlar (and the thin angle turret on the original house) was built by Alexander Collie, Slate Merchant of Aberdeen ... 'as a tribute to the memory of those brave citizens of Bon Accord who along with their noble Provost Sir Robert Davidson fell fighting for their country's rights against the usurper Donald of the Isles on Friday 24 July 1411. George Fordyce & Co. Builders, Aberdeen' (plaque over door).

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NJ72SW 134 74714 24771

Harlaw House, c. 1843, (?) William Henderson; 1883 additions. Built close to the spot wher the highland host camped before the (1411) Battle of Harlaw (NJ72SE 6), an eccentric group, born not of whimsy but rather a perfervid north-eastern world view. The earliest part, the harled cottage-style house with gablets over the first-floor windows, was originally a Free Church manse (the bay windows are an addition).

The narrow four-storeyed tower with full baronial parapet in rough red granite ashlar (and the thin angle turret on the original house) was built by Alexander Collie, Slate Merchant of Aberdeen 'as a tribute to the memory of those brave citizens of Ban Accord who along with their noble Provost Sir Robert Davidson fell fighting for their country's rights against the usurper Donald of the Isles on Friday 24 July 1411. George Fordyce & Co. Builders, Aberdeen' (plaque over door).

I Shepherd 1994.

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