Basic Site Details | Name: | Cambus O'May House with stables, kennels and walled garden | | Town, district or village: | Glenmuick | | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | C listed | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Here, on the hill, or some distance up, our architect (George Truefitt) is putting up a capital house for Mr H L Gaskell, - dining room, drawing room, library, billiard-room, and lots of bedrooms. There will be three gables in front, towards the road, the centre one stepped, and below it a large bay window and verandah around it. [Aberdeen Journal/Builder 19 September 1874 p791-792]
The cllient was Henry Lomax Gaskell (1813-1889) of Kiddington Hall, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; 9 Lowndes Square, London and Cambus O’May, Aboyne, Scotland. [London Gazette 24 January 1890 p441]. He married Alice Brooks, daughter of Samuel Brooks of Whalley Range, Manchester and sister of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks who died 27 December 1872, aged 50. This family connection would explain George Truefitt’s involvement in this scheme
Other sources have suggested that the house was built for Sir William Cunliffe Brooks as a present for his daughter Amy who married Charles Gordon, 11th Marquis of Huntly in 1869, but, in light of the above, this would seem unlikely as would the involvememt of Thomas Mawson in the garden design.
| Alternative Names| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Cambus O'May Hotel | Yes | |
Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hotel | | | | Country House | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1874 | | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The 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 | | George Truefitt | | A | 1874 | | HS attribution |
Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Henry Lomax Gaskell | Bother in law of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | www.cambusomay.co.uk | | www.cambusomay.co.uk | | | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 September 1874 | | | pp791-792 Reprinted from the Aberdeen Journal |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 50730 | |
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