Forebank is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1972. House.

Forebank

WRENN ID
winter-beam-scarlet
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 June 1972
Type
House
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Dated 1757. Two-storey, five-bay classical dower house with basement and attics, white-washed rubble and painted margins, lugged ashlar architraved doorpiece with cornice and radial fanlight. The spacing between the outer pairs of windows is slightly wider. The deep gable ends are harled and have first floor oval window lighting central spinal corridor with twin oeil-de-boeuf attic windows; irregular fenestration to back, two central stair windows, two-window to left, one window to right with blind first floor.

The interior is largely unaltered and is known to retain fine timber panelling, likely dating to the 18th century.

Extensive range of simple rubble-built, single storey and loft steading buildings. Straight skews, moulded skew ends at older sections, slated.

Front garden wall with ball-capped gatepiers frame the approach to the front garden.

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