Echt [Dunecht] House, Aberdeenshire

Category

Library Item

Item no

13058

Title

Echt [Dunecht] House, Aberdeenshire

Artist / maker

Webster, Mary

Date

1839

Size

23.8 x 32.1 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation below painting reads 'Sketched from nature 25th September 1839'.

Dunecht House was built in 1820, for William Forbes, whose family had owned the estate since the 15th century. The original square neo-Greek house was designed by John Smith, Aberdeen's most prominent architect. In 1845, Dunecht was purchased by the 7th Earl of Balcarres. Two years later, it passed to Lord Lindsay, who remodelled the house using the architect that was working on Balmoral Castle for Queen Victoria.

This is a stately home and then some. Sat within 1700 acres of 'designed' landscape, Dunecht House was built in 1820, for William Forbes, whose family had owned the estate since the 15th century. The original square neo-Greek house was designed by John Smith, Aberdeen's most prominent architect. In 1845, Dunecht was purchased by the 7th Earl of Balcarres. Two years later, it passed to Lord Lindsay, who remodelled the house using the architect that was working on Balmoral Castle for Queen Victoria

That was completed in 1859, remodelling the facade of the old house and adding plenty of new features, including a belvedere, new bay windows and a striking 100ft high bell tower at the junction of the original house and the new west wing. More was added in the next five years, including a library and a chapel.

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