Auchlunkart House

Auchlunkart House is an early 18th century house with additions and alterations made in the late 18th century, and further changes between 1825 and 1830, influenced by the style of William Robertson of Elgin. In 1886, Bruce and Sutherland, architects of Banff, undertook further additions and a restoration. The house is harled with tooled and polished ashlar dressings. The east-facing, seven-bay entrance front features narrow windows with chamfered margins, marking the earliest part of the house. Later, projecting bowed bays were added to the outer areas. The central entrance was remodelled between 1825 and 1830, featuring a central door flanked by narrow lights and pilasters with incised keystones. A porte-cochere, also dating from 1825 to 1830, is supported by four Greek Doric columns on a continuous plinth.

The south front, with five bays, has a slightly advanced central three-bay section faced in tooled ashlar. A niche is set into the first floor, held by a blocking course, and topped with a circular corniced wallhead stack with an ornamental urn. A conservatory, also from 1825 to 1830, extends from the south front, constructed with four front and two side Greek Doric columns, a panelled base course, and a deep entablature, all filled with multi-pane glazing. It is topped with a shallow piended glazed roof and decorative cast-iron brattishing featuring palmette and anthemion motifs.

The glazing is mainly 12-pane, and the roofs are slate, with ridge and end stacks. A walled service area lies to the north, with an entrance flanked by simple square gate piers bearing the initials FDS and the date 1886.

Inside, the entrance hall is separated from the inner hall by a Greek Doric screen, which is filled with later glazing. The stairhall contains a reconstructed early 19th century cantilevered staircase with later 19th century decorative cast-iron balusters. The drawing room likely dates to 1825 to 1830 and retains decorative features including a panelled dado, moulded doorpieces, overdoors, and panelled window shutters. The decorative plaster ceiling cornice has later 19th century moulded borders, and a white marble chimneypiece is supported by a pair of caryatids.

The dining room was re-decorated in the late 19th century, incorporating earlier 19th century decorative details like moulded doorpieces and overdoors, along with a panelled dado, and a late 19th century chimneypiece. The conservatory contains a simple chimneypiece with a re-set armorial, possibly dating to the 17th or early 18th century.