Glenfoyle Cottage, 7A Market Square, Oldmeldrum

Glenfoyle Cottage dates to the mid-18th century, with a small 19th-century extension and a further 20th-century extension added to the south. It is a single-storey, three-bay cottage with a central front door and two flanking windows, and an attached, modern L-plan section with a flat roof. The cottage is built of boulder rubble with chamfered margins, and has a slated roof and stone gable-end chimney stacks on the side elevations.

The L-plan flat roofed range to the south is slightly recessed and incorporates a rubble section that may include older fabric, alongside a later brick section. Two-pane timber windows are found on the front and rear elevations, along with two modern roof lights on the front roof pitch, and a timber panelled and glazed front door. The roof is covered with replacement grey slates and stone ridge tiles and coping.

The cottage’s interior has been largely modernised, though some historic stonework is now exposed. It features two front bedrooms and a bathroom at the rear on the ground floor, alongside a central timber staircase leading to an attic space. The cottage is internally connected to the L-plan flat-roofed range, which now contains the kitchen, dining, and lounge areas.

Oldmeldrum was a prominent market town from the 1640s due to its location at the crossroads of routes connecting Aberdeen to Banff and Newburgh to Huntly. It was established as a Burgh of Barony in 1671 under Adam Urquhart.

The First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1867-1868 shows the cottage along with a rectangular structure to the south, attached to it. Historic maps indicate the building was originally a single-storey cottage attached to the rear of a larger building, forming an enclosed lane. A small extension, slightly set back from the front elevation, was added in the late 19th century. In the second half of the 20th century, likely the 1970s, a further extension formed the L-plan wing, with the flat roof now extending over both the 19th and 20th century additions.

The building is accessed via a narrow pend opposite the Town Hall and forms part of the 18th-century back houses of Oldmeldrum, a network of irregular lanes flanked by houses and cottages converging on the main Market Square.