Alternative Names Ellon Castle (New); Offices
Site type COUNTRY HOUSE, OFFICE(S)
Canmore ID 20492
Site Number NJ93SE 29.01
NGR NJ 96143 30718
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish ELLON
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District GORDON
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Ellon Castle (new), 1725; rebuilt, 1781-5, John Baxter; incorporated in new house 1851, James Matthews, Mackenzie & Matthews. Began as offices, rebuilt on H-plan. Baxter's front door is inscribed 'George Earl of Aberdeen 1785' and bears a grand segmental pediment broken by an armorial panel from the old castle. The 1851 mansion had a grand Fyvie-like recessed arched centre flanked by tall bay windows and angle turrets, all crisply done in white granite. The 1927 conversion of the offices produced a two-storey house, harled and crowstepped, with low eaves and a small baronial round-tower. Main house demolished, 1927.

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

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ARCHITECT: John Baxter 1781 - additions

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Cheffins Grain and Chalk (1973) Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire: {sale particulars}, Bedford
Page(s): sale brochure Held at RCAHMS D.5.13.ELL.S

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, 5v Edinburgh
Page(s): 391, Vol IV. Held at RCAHMS F.5.21.MAC

McConnochie, A I (comp.) ({190-?}c) 123 views of Royal Deeside, Aberdeen
Page(s): 57 Held at RCAHMS D.5.1.MCC