Gardie House
Gardie House | |
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![]() Gardie House | |
Coordinates | 60°09′36″N 1°07′23″W / 60.1601°N 1.1230°W |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Designated | 13 August 1971 |
Reference no. | LB5880 |
Designated | 31 March 2003 |
Reference no. | GDL00186 |
Gardie House is an 18th-century
The house is protected as a category A listed building,[2] and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.[1]
History
The Henderson family owned Gardie from the 17th century,[3] and in 1724 Magnus Henderson (died 1753) had the present house built. The builder was a mason from Aberdeen named Forbes.[1] The double-pile plan of Gardie was relatively novel in the early 18th century. The symmetrical arrangement of walled gardens leading down to a harbour was laid out at the same time.[1] The drawing room contains fine wooden panelling, installed around 1750.[2]
The house passed out of the Henderson family in 1799, and was inherited by Elizabeth Nicolson and her husband Thomas Mouat of Garth, the builder of
References
- ^ a b c d Historic Environment Scotland. "Gardie House (GDL00186)". Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Gardie House, including Garden and Boundary Walls, Pavilions, Gates, and Gatepiers (Category A Listed Building) (LB5880)". Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Grant, Francis (1893). "Henderson of Gardie". The County Families of the Zetland Islands. Lerwick: T & J Manson. pp. 126–128.
- ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.
External links
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