Basic Site Details Name: | Aberlour House | Town, district or village: | Aberlour | City or county: | Banffshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | West Lodge is A Listed; walled garden is B listed. The reference in Aberdeen Journal of 1838 also mentions a 60 foot Tuscan column. Now used as a school. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Aberlour House Preparatory School | | |  | Aberlour House, the Junior School, Gordonstoun | Yes | |  | Gordonstoun Preparatory School | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1838 | | Build/construction | Original building and square of offices |  | 1838 | | | East Lodge |  | 1856 | | | West Lodge |  | 1857 | 1858 | Addition | Porte cochere added. North gate to walled garden |  | 1876 | | | Restoration and additions |  | 1880s | | | Main house, stables, and lodge and alterations to main house |  | 1885 | 1886 | Alterations and additions | Alterations including terrace in front of house |  | 1893 | | | Alterations to drawing room, remodelling of dining room as library and other internal alterations (new plasterwork etc), wrought iron gates and entrance to walled garden |  | 1939 | | | Alterations |  | 2006 | 2010 | Restoration | |
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 |  | William Robertson | Architect | | 1838 | | Original house, square of offices and east lodge and probably walled garden |  | A & W Reid | Architectural practice | F | 1855 | 1860 | Alterations and entrance (HS- probably) |  | Alexander Reid | Architect | F | 1855 | 1860 | Alterations and entrance (HS- probably) |  | William Reid | Architect | F | 1855 | 1860 | Alterations and entrance (HS -probably) |  | A & W Reid | Architectural practice | E | 1856 | | West Lodge |  | Alexander Reid | Architect | E | 1856 | | West Lodge |  | William Reid | Architect | E | 1856 | | West Lodge |  | A & W Reid | Architectural practice | C | 1857 | 1858 | Porte cochere added 1857. North gate to walled garden 1858. |  | Alexander Reid | Architect | C | 1857 | | Porte cochere added 1857. North gate to walled garden 1858. |  | William Reid | Architect | C | 1857 | | Porte cochere added 1857. North gate to walled garden 1858. |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | D | 1876 | | Restoration and additions |  | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | Architect | A | 1880s | | Lodge and alterations to main house |  | George Wilson | Architect | A | 1880s | | Lodge and alterations to main house |  | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | Architectural practice | A | 1880s | | Lodge and alterations to main house |  | Charles George Hood Kinnear | Architect | D | 1885 | 1886 | Alterations including terrace in front of house |  | John Dick Peddie | Architect | D | 1885 | 1886 | Alterations including terrace in front of house |  | Kinnear & Peddie | Architectural practice | D | 1885 | 1886 | Alterations including terrace in front of house |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | | 1893 | | Alterations to drawing room, remodelling of dining room as library and other internal alterations (new plasterwork etc), wrought iron gates and entrance to walled garden |  | Alexander Black | Architect | | October 1917 | November 1918 | Unspecified estate works |  | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | Architect | B | 1939 | | Alterations |  | Ashley Bartlam Partnership | Architectural practice | K | 2006 | 2010 | Restoration |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Findlay, James Ritchie | Lorimer work |  | Findlay, Sir Edmund | Alterations in 1939 |  | Grant, Alexander | Client for 1830s work |  | Walker's Shortbread | Clienht for restoration 2006-2010 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Beaton, Elizabeth | 1984 | William Robertson 1786-1841, Architect in Elgin | | | |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The district of Moray: an illustrated architectural guide | | RIAS | p160 |  | Nuttgens, Patrick | 1959 | Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect | | Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd | p51 |  | RSA | 1893 | | | | 509 |  | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p171 |  | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp445, 447, 448, 507-9 |  | Watson, J & W | 1868 | Morayshire described | | Elgin | pp46-47 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Aberdeen Journal | 28 November 1838 | | | |  | Elgin Courant | 31 October 1838 | | | |  | Elgin Courier | 10 October 1856 | | | |  | Elgin Courier | 17 October 1856 | | | |  | Elgin Courier | 24 October 1856 | | | |  | Inverness Courier | 30 March 1876 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | | Dick Peddie & McKay Catalogue, 1979 | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2349 | House and terrace |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2354 | Walled garden |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2353 | West Lodge |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2352 | East Lodge |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2354 | Walled garden |  | Moray District Record Office | Moray Archives | | DAW P 2001 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR A/2 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1880/23/1-3, SMW 1880/24/1, SMW1880/25/1 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Black: L no3674 (box 15) |
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