Dunnottar House

[Lass]

Hi everyone

In the course of investigation, I've found that a couple of ancestors were married at Dunnottar House, Dunnottar.  I wanted to see if I could find any pictures of it, but nothing has turned up - google brings up nothing but the castle.  Google maps, on the other hand, takes me straight to Dunnottar House without batting an eyelid.  I'm wondering if this is a 'new' Dunnottar House after the demise of the original.  Can anyone point me in a helpful direction to find an image of the house?

Thanks!

Lass x

[Piglet01]

http://www.mearns.org.uk/stonehaven/dunwood.htm

Gives a passing reference to the House being built in 1806.

Am away to the NLS and shall get an old map reference.

Regards,   Steve   :O)

http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/oneinch_1st_list.html

will take you to the first edition of the OS maps - go to sheet 67 for Stonehaven and zoom in - Dunottar House is inland from the castle.

If you haven't used the site before - once you've got the image sized the way you like it do a right click to save.

[Isles]

In his book "Highways and Byways Round Stonehaven" Archibald Watt mentions that ....."Dunnottar House, a large and somewhat bald looking classical building, built in 1786 and demolished in 1957 or 1958.  It was originally the elegant home of a branch of the Kennedy family, a famous Scottish family the head of which was the Marquis of Ailsa, and latterly was lived in by Captain W.H. Ritchie who owned Glenury Distillery.  Now only some huge slabs of granite by the roadside mutely testify to the presence in the past of a building opposite".

[Lass]

http://www.mearns.org.uk/stonehaven/dunwood.htm

Gives a passing reference to the House being built in 1806.

Am away to the NLS and shall get an old map reference.

Regards,   Steve   :O)

http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/oneinch_1st_list.html

will take you to the first edition of the OS maps - go to sheet 67 for Stonehaven and zoom in - Dunottar House is inland from the castle.

If you haven't used the site before - once you've got the image sized the way you like it do a right click to save.

Thanks so much Steve- the link works fine for me, but when I try to open the sheet, I get a new window says web page could not be displayed...... is it just me?? I can't understand why it's happening, I've tried going to the sheet from the map too, but no joy........

I had seen the passing reference to the House in the mention of the woods, but like I say, I've just been totally unable to find an image which is frustrating me! 

Lass x

[Lass]

In his book "Highways and Byways Round Stonehaven" Archibald Watt mentions that ....."Dunnottar House, a large and somewhat bald looking classical building, built in 1786 and demolished in 1957 or 1958.  It was originally the elegant home of a branch of the Kennedy family, a famous Scottish family the head of which was the Marquis of Ailsa, and latterly was lived in by Captain W.H. Ritchie who owned Glenury Distillery.  Now only some huge slabs of granite by the roadside mutely testify to the presence in the past of a building opposite".

Interesting stuff, thank you so much Isles.  I had wondered if perhaps it was fairly commonplace for the locals to be married at the 'big house', or if perhaps there was more to it.  Such a pity it's gone, but I find it odd that there's no sign of any pictures on the net anywhere.  Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right places.

Lass x

[Piglet01]

Just back off the NLS site - went in via Google rather than the link and also come up with the white screen, so must be their server.....  Regards,  Steve  :O)

[mitchell]

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures but found this in "The Haven under the Hill" by Elizabeth Christie -

1806 - Dunottar House was built
1814 - Lord William Kennedy married Eleanor Allardice and took up residence
1835 - House changed hands, to General Nathaniel Forbes
1851 - House passed on to his son, Charles William Mackay Forbes
1901 - Property sold to William Ritchie
After William Ritchie's death, the house was let to several tenants until it eventually was reduced to rubble. "Dunottar House had a beautiful walled garden which was well known for its magnificent flowers and vegetables and for the gardeners who produced them, Messrs. McHardy and Mitchell"

 A couple of links for Stonehaven research which might be useful -

http://www.stonehaven-heritage.org/content/index.asp

http://www.geocities.com/thistleinn/index.html

Elaine

[Lass]

Just back off the NLS site - went in via Google rather than the link and also come up with the white screen, so must be their server.....  Regards,  Steve  :O)

Glad it's not just me, sometimes Firefox throws a wobbly.

Lass x

[Lass]

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures but found this in "The Haven under the Hill" by Elizabeth Christie -

1806 - Dunottar House was built
1814 - Lord William Kennedy married Eleanor Allardice and took up residence
1835 - House changed hands, to General Nathaniel Forbes
1851 - House passed on to his son, Charles William Mackay Forbes
1901 - Property sold to William Ritchie
After William Ritchie's death, the house was let to several tenants until it eventually was reduced to rubble. "Dunottar House had a beautiful walled garden which was well known for its magnificent flowers and vegetables and for the gardeners who produced them, Messrs. McHardy and Mitchell"

 A couple of links for Stonehaven research which might be useful -

http://www.stonehaven-heritage.org/content/index.asp

http://www.geocities.com/thistleinn/index.html

Elaine

Elaine, thank you so much, very interesting information, I can do some research on the house owners and see if that turns up anything.  Sounds like it was a beautiful place, reminds me very much of the estate that my grandfather worked on when I was young, I have very happy memories of the walled garden at the 'big house'!

Lass x