Basic Site Details Name: | Borrowstone House | Town, district or village: | Kincardine O’Neil | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Borrowstone House, “a spacious mansion,” was situated on the north side of the valley near the north Deeside Road.
Our first visit was to Borrowstone, Kincardine O’Neil, - Captain Hart’s residence. Here some three years ago, Mr Truefitt altered the old house, adding a new dining and drawing room, some more bedrooms, bath, etc., and joining the new to the old work by a low wing, fortunately, for a fire occurred this spring, and burnt the whole of the old place to the ground, the low building being the means of preserving the new. The rubbish has now been cleared away, and new works are in progress, in the same style as the rooms erected three years ago. We may here remark that, in Mr Truefitt’s buildings, we do not get that horridly cold appearance which we have in our Union Street, where the chief aim seems to be to get every stone as white as possible, and as smooth. He on the contrary gets his stones as varied in colour as he can, and with the exception of the “dressings,” the work is as rough as possible - not rough work but stones of random sizes, and rough on the face. The result is that he gets a great variety of colour, and a deal of light and shade, even on a plain wall. The paint of his frames and sashes is of a warm yellowish colour, which adds much to the general effect, and again gets rid of cold appearances. [Aberdeen Journal/Builder 19 September 1874 p791-792]
Assumed demolished | 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 | | 1871 | | Addition | | | 1874 | | Reconstruction | Partial rebuilding after fire |
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 | | George Truefitt | | | 1871 | 1874 | Extension (1871) and partial rebuilding after fire (1874) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Hart, Captain | |
ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 September 1874 | | | p791-792 Taken from Aberdeen Journal |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | ID282719 | |
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