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Thomas Leiper

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08/07/1925

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16th century. Apart from the jobs listed below he was responsible for the the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Udny ((Christ's Kirk) but no trace of this remains.

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Ellon Castle (Old) and gaden features	1500s	Ellon	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Perhaps involved with construction
Balfluig Castle	In year 1556		Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Building dated. Leiper may have been responsible - has characteristic triple shot holes
Midmar Castle	In year 1560	Echt	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	May have been responsible for the original Z plan tower
Castle Fraser	In year 1563		Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Attribution on stylistic grounds (for example triple gun loops). East turnpike stair almost certainly part of works of this period.
Esslemont Castle	In year 1575		Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Attribution
House of Schivas	After 1582		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Tolquhon Castle	In year 1584		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Kemnay House	c. 1585	Kemnay	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Large extension to older tower house. Leiper probably responsible.
Tarves Parish Church	In year 1589	Tarves	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Monument to William Forbes in Tolquhon aisle, which survived from the earlier church on site
Fordyce Castle	In year 1592	Fordyce	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Probably built by Leiper
Arnage House	Late 1500s		Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Perhaps built by Leiper
Keith Hall	Early 15L\|s	Inverurie	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Possibly responsible for Z-plan tower house
Udny Parish Church	c. 1600	Udny Green	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Earlier Chapel of the Holy Trinity or Christ\'s Kirk - no trace remains
Tilquhillie Castle			Kincardineshire	Scotland	May have been responsible for the original tower - because of similarities to Keith Hall

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew	The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray	2015	Yale University Press		p29

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