South Lodge, Aboyne Castle Policies

Probably George Truefitt, dated 1889. Single storey and attic, square-plan lodge to Aboyne Castle. Rough-faced, squared and snecked pink and grey granite finely finished to margins. Long and short quoins; sloping cills; relieving arches to ground floor openings; rope-moulded eaves cornice.

SE ELEVATION: asymmetrical; bipartite window off-centre to right and to bay to left of ground floor, flat-arched opening with column support to outer angle at right; window breaking eaves off-centre to right of attic floor with tooled ivy pediment.

NE ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 4-bay; advanced flue breaking eaves to penultimate bay to right with carved shield of William Cunliffe Brookes; 2 flat-arched openings to bays to left of ground floor; window to breaking eaves to left of attic floor with carved ivy pediment; circular-plan engaged tower to outer right with window to ground floor and tripartite window to 1st floor, with stepped rope hood mould, boarded timber door to re-entrant angle to left.

NW ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3-bay; 2 flat-arched openings to centre and right bays of ground floor; tower to bay to left with doorway to re-entrant angle to right; small window to bay to right of attic floor.

SW ELEVATION: asymmetrical; small 4-pane window off-centre to left of ground floor; flat-arched openings to outer left of ground floor surmounted by tooled panel bearing "H" of Huntly surmounted by crown; bipartite window breaking eaves with piend roof to bay to right of attic floor.

Predominantly 6-pane timber casement windows. Piended graded grey slate roof with lead flashings. Coped, shouldered granite wallhead stacks, that to SE with "1889" datestone, with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: 2 pairs of finely finished square-plan, corniced granite gatepiers to W and E of lodge bearing carved "H" of Huntly surmounted by crown within rope moulded roundel. 2-leaf ironwork gates. Rough-faced coped boundary walls to SE, S and W, adjoining boundary walls of Bydand (see separate listing).