Basic Site Details Name: | Pitfour House, stables, west lodge etc | Town, district or village: | New Deer | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Stables etc are Listed | 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 | | c. 1809 | | | Reconstruction | | 1816 | | Build/construction | Main gate, commemorating friendship with William Pitt the Younger and Viscount Melville. Landscape design. | | 1821 | 1822 | | Reconstruction after fire, additions; stable, ancillary buildings, and two bridges. Date given in Buchan is 1824-27 for major additions. | | 1826 | | Build/construction | Octagonal larder. | | c. 1835 | | | Temple of Theseus (in ruins) | | 1850 | | Build/construction | Chapel | | c. 1945 | | Build/construction | Observatory |
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 | | John Smith | | A | c. 1809 | | Reconstruction | | William Sawrey Gilpin | | D | 1820s | | May have helped with landscape design. | | John Smith | | B | c. 1820 | | Reconstruction, additions; stable, game larder, ancillary buildings, and two bridges | | John Smith | | C | c. 1835 | | Temple of Theseus (in ruins) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Ferguson, George, Captain | Reconstruction in 1809 and 1820 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Buchan, Alex | 2008 | The Blenheim of the North | | Buchan Field Club | p72 Original building. p74 Major additions. p78 Main gate. p80 1826 Larder. p81 Observatory. p82 Chapel. | | Colvin, H M | 1954 | A biographical dictionary of English architects 1660-1840 | 1st edition | | | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp40, 44, 356-8 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Buchan Observer | 1949 | | | Series of articles on the Fergusons and Pitfour by J Wilson Smith, March to May 1949 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 16070 | Stables | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 16071 | Larder | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18963 | West Lodge |
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