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This site has a long history of religious use. Little is known of the early churches; the first substantial building was erected in the 13th century.…
A Missionary from Nigeria visited Banff Academy in 1974 and mentioned the great lack of books in his school in Africa.?As a result,?Keith Brunskill, a…
Braemar Castle, a tower house construction, was built in 1628, as a Highland Hunting Lodge for the Earl of Marto replace the crumbling Kindrochit…
1869, R Lamb, B listed. The present Parish Church (known as the West Church) began life 1843 as a wooden building, to be replaced by a stone building…
Visitors will get tour of station and shown round appliances and equipment. Community Safety stands, with various CS literature and merchandise.…
There have been Gatherings of one sort or another at Braemar since the days of King Malcolm Canmore, nine hundred years ago. Come along to the office…
In operation since 1965, the Braemar Mountain Rescue Centre is a valuable resource for the Highlands. They conduct in excess of 40 rescue operations…
Kindrochit Castle was built between 1057 and 1093 by King Malcolm III, King of Scotland. The castle was then named Ceann-drochit meaning Bridge…
This Church is an early example (pre-1840) of a Gothic Revival Catholic Church, incorporating an attached presbytery (built in 1864).? The building…
St Margaret's Episcopal Church, a grade A listed building, is considered to be one of Scotland's finest churches. It stands on a prominent raised site…
A narrow, high and ship-like neo-perpendicular confection in granite with Auchindoir freestone dressings. Four-light mullioned window in entrance…
Stylish single storey brick reinforced concrete Art Deco restaurant raised on terrace above period garden with original wrought iron gate. Generous…
Built on the site of the old family house of Putachie, the entrance front of which it was originally intended should form part of the present…
Dedicated in 1296, Saint Mary of the Storms is a rare medieval survivor with its rubble-built east gable wall and three early English lancets.…
Attractively simple nave and chancel with tall narrow lancets, porch at south-west and octagonal spirelet. Harled with fine freestone dressings…
The Category B listed Christ Church was built in 1849, designed by Thomas MacKenzie and sits within the conservation Area of Huntly and compliments…
Small rogue Gothic church by J Russell Mackenzie. Elaborate traceried and archaded front with mincer plate wheel window, gabled doorway, cusped…
The architecture and furnishings of this building are described in the Catholic Directory of 1852 as being 'in strict mediaeval style as far as…
Part of the model farm by George Truefitt for Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.? Originally intended as cowshed, the Coo Cathedral as Romanesque arcades of…
The Coull Kirk was built in 1796 incorporating in the Neo-Classical style? incorporating the 17th century gable end and birdcage belfry of the…
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Category "B" Listed BuildingA classical renaissance facade with an arched and channelled ground floor followed by square headed windows with…
In sedate Baronial style. Extended in contemporary form in late 1990s by Law & Dunbar-Nasmith.
Category B Listed Building.St Mary of the Storms is a rare medieval survivor with rubble-built east gable wall and three deeply-set early English…
Craigston Castle is thought to belong to the Bell Group of Scottish castles, forming ??perhaps Scotland?s finest and the most distinctive contribution…
Crathie Kirk was designed in a cruciform plan in the Scots Gothic style with a distinctive steeply pitched gabled nave and square, corbelled,…
Cromar Parish Church, also known as St Moulag?s, was built in the Gothic style and is very large and striking for a small village; the south principal…
The following site is worth a visit as you travel along Deeside, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The site is managed by Historic Scotland,…
?NOTICE: Due to unforseen circumstances the Dalrymple Hall has had to withdraw from this years event.Apologies for any inconvienience caused.?
Delgatie Castle is a picturesque tower house situated in establish grounds dating from the 1500s with various later additions. Visitors will be able…
Duff House was built between 1735 and 1740 as a seat of the Earls of Fife. The Duffs were an ambitious family who acquired great wealth, power and…
Built on the site of a Carmelite burial ground this “Gothick” structure houses the remains of the first five Earls (starting in 1705) and other Duff…
A grotto within the former 19th century romantic landscape of Dunnottar House (demolished 1957). Created with wealth amassed from Jamaican sugar…
Durn House is a Georgian Mansion-house in the Adams style, built in 1770 by the Dunbars of Durn. There has been a Durn House on this site since at…
The original Dutch Barn building was constructed in 1993 from a generic kit by the Smith family, who have farmed Wardhouse since 1920. The Barn was…
Ellon Castle Gardens are situated in the centre of Ellon and consist of a walled garden and woodland extending to around 6 acres, within the terraced…
Described by architectural historians as possibly the finest sepulchral monument in Aberdeenshire, the Category A listed mausoleum was built for the…
Majestic castellated mansion in muted brown sandstone built for Sir Alexander Ramsay of Balmain. Much has been written on Fasque over the years but…
One of the oldest licenced distilleries in Scotland. Operated by Whyte and Mackay.The current neat black and white buildings were rebuilt after a fire…
Family portraits and other paintings in the Long Gallery and Library. Wood pannelled library contains a particularly fine collection of antiquarian…
This A-listed building was built circa 1810 at a cost of 2,000 guineas. The frontage (austere gothic) a castellated central tower with smaller side…
The Category B listed former Parish of Forgue Kirk stands in the old Kirkyard on a hill overlooking the Forgue Burn. The Kirk was built in 1819 on the…
Formerly a barrel store, later a foundry for the CPT during WW2, for the last 20 years this building has housed displays telling the stories of…
Fraserburgh Old Parish Church is located on the site of the original church, which was built in 1572 not long after the Reformation. The current…
LiLifeboats have been launching from Fraserburgh Harbour for over 200 years. The first life boat station was opened in 1858 and it was the first in…
The South Church was designed by well-know Aberdeen architect J B Pirie in the Rogue Gothic-style in the late nineteenth century. The Church is…
Fraserburgh?s baroque-style Town House was built in 1853?1855 and housed the town's council chamber. The building is owned by Aberdeenshire Council…
Visitors can explore the church building as well as the adjacent Macaulay Hall. The original church building of 1803 was tragically destroyed by a…
Fyvie Church was built in the early 19th century, and stands on an early Christian site evidenced partially by the four Pictish stones visible in the…
The Fyvie Guide house was originally built in 1879 as a cottage hospital to serve the local community, and as an auxiliary hospital during World War…
The building is part of the east end of what was the Carriage and Wagon Repair Shop at the famous Inverurie Loco Works.? It has been very tastefully…
Come along and visit the hidden treasures of Glen Tanar Estate with its many woodland and river walks. The Ballroom was built by the previous owners…
Glenglassaugh Distillery invites you to come and explore behind the scenes......During your tour you will see some of the original distillery…
Glensaugh is an upland estate, hill farm and environmental research station which is managed by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. Modern farm…
Founded on the site of the castle port by the Duchess of Gordon in memory of the fifth Duke; two storeys of ashlar sandstone, symmetrical about a…
A modern two storey building constructed of split faced light grey fyfestone and shot blasted charcoal stringcourse and cills. Green tinted glass…
Behind the scenes tour of Haddo House, owned by the National Trust for Scotland, including the previously unseen South Wing. This special tour will…
Take a unique tour of this wonderful parkland and explore its history and monuments by torchlight. Starting from a ?bleak wilderness? of peat bog,…
Formerly the Church Hall of Trinity & Alvah Church of Scotland, Harvest Centre has been the home of Riverside Christian Church, Banff since 2001.…
There will be a historical walk around Turriff,?which will take place at 12:30pm leaving from?the Auld Post Office Museum with a wee visit?to the Auld…
Huntly Fire Station forms part of the Grampian Fire Brigade. There are four whole time operational fire stations all with in the city of Aberdeen. A…
On truly a massive scale (seating for 1800), a huge, rough ashlar pediment-gabled rectangle with four round-arched windows and central Roman Doric…
Subtle, elongated granite ashlar two-storey front to street with two end bays set back by splays, having symmetrical-but-offset array of openings at…
One of the main police offices in Aberdeenshire comprising several departments and a cell block area.
The triangular market place is dominated by the present baroque, granite ashlar town hall, of two storeys with projecting end bays topped with…
A fine example of a Georgian church in a picturesque setting adjacent to the ruins of the older St Bride's Church and Elphinstone aisle. The kirk has…
Situated one mile from Roadside of Kinneff on the A92 and signposted from there, Kinneff Old Church retains a special place in the history of Scotland…
Work on this handsome piece of civic pride began in 1737, the year after the Earl of Kintore was elected provost; the cost was borne by him. It is…
The following site is worth a visit as you travel along Deeside, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monuments.The site is managed by Historic Scotland, access…
This building of stone and lime, with slated roof, was originally an oats mill.?
The parish church occupies a prominent position in the community of Macduff. On a hill overlooking the harbour, the building was opened in 1805. With…
The War Memorial is a 70 foot high octagonal tower, with the names of the fallen cut into panels of Kemnay granite. Internally, the tower is divided…
This imposing structure was constructed to John Fowlie’s design by two experienced masons, Alexander Brown and Magnus Johnstone, between April…
Very much an authentic ancient fisher family dwelling or “But n Ben” withstone and clay built walls, tiled roof and earthen floors. The internal…
This lodge, the oldest in Garioch, was purpose built in the 19th Century and features internal murals and decoration including many photographs of…
A spooky introduction to the south side of the square next door to the house with 2-storey dormer windows which Hay designed for his mother. Note the…
Located in Low Street, Portsoy, the property is built on a plot of land which used to be a farm! The current building was completed around 1720 and…
This is a category ?A? Listed working waterwheel meal mill museum managed by the Mill of Benholm Project, which is a small charity providing work…
This original Great North of Scotland Railway Company station was originally located at Oldmeldrum on the 6 mile spur line from Inverurie. It was used…
Discover the secret world of museums and marvel at over 40,000 objects held in the headquarters building of Aberdeenshire Museum Service.Meet Gonzo,…
This stone building was originally built for curing herring in the late 1800s. It is now used for storing live Lobsters and Crabs in tanks.
The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses is home to the national collection of lighthouse lenses and associated objects as well as an extensive archive on…
As part of the week-long open studios event, artist St?phanie Vandem will open the doors to her studio, giving visitors the chance to view completed…
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Opening for the first time for Doors Open Day this year, the Old Merchant's House is a truly historic building in Portsoy dating from 1726. Now in use…
The Edinburgh feu superiors imposed Edinburgh architect Laing upon Peterhead architect Robert Mitchell, who closed the vista down Kirk Street with a…
A walking tour of Oldmeldrum village with Maureen Grant. Meet in the Square, outside the Town Hall, at 10.00am. The tour will last about two hours.…
The church in Sandyhill Road was built in 1870 and comfortably seats 120 people. It cost ?1,300 to build and the money was raised mainly by public…
The Former Parish Kirk is a Gothic structure built in 1890 to replace the earlier kirk of 1634. This large spikey Gothic Kirk accommodates over 501…
In 1882 a committee appointed to consider the best methods of employing convicts reported that ?the most likely prospect for benefiting the shipping…
There will be tours of the Court.
Located in the square this building is the meeting place for The Historic Lodge whose history dates back to 1887 and possible earlier. Information on…
Opened in 2009 after extensive renovation, this historic museum is housed in what was the three ice chambers of the Bothy. It tells the story of the…
This painted timber clad former railway station in located at the head of Loch Soy. The structure has been altered to increase the floor area of the…
The Prop of Ythsie was built as a monument to the Prime Minister, George Hamilton Gordon, fourth Earl of Aberdeen, by his “attached and grateful…
This is a 1908, 3rd Class passenger railway carriage belonging to North Eastern Railway which was converted into a summer house in 1977. It was bought…
Operating from the rugged north east coast of Scotland, lifeboats have been launching from Fraserburgh harbour for nearly 200 years. The crews have…
Located in a major fishing port, Macduff lifeboat station was designed by a local architect who also designed the recently opened Fraserburgh lifeboat…
The oldest salmon fish-house in Scotland, the Fish House, as it is known locally was built on the banks of the River Ugie in 1585, and is the only…
This is a fine example of an early 19th century rectangular mill and kiln. Sandhaven meal mill is unique in that all the machinery survives, including…