Location
South Colleonard, Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 688 626
Date
1870s
Description
Privately owned and not accessible to the public.
Tall Italliante House, incorporating ground and 1st floor glazed conservatories with original glazing bars with mask decoration. Ornamental urn with anthemion and decorative detailing masks chimney stack above attic as apex finial, tall hand thrown chimney cans elsewhere. Decorative cast-iron apex finial to SW gable. Interior; Decorative plaster friezes, cast iron spiral staircase winds to attic view room, upper portion of tower constructed of bolted iron plates.
Influenced by a design by John Gordon. Murray was the owner of Banff foundry, hence the cast iron components in the house.
Era
1800s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Council Listed building records, record no.8 Banff Parish, The owner has a wealth of information regarding the property
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Creator
- George Wilson Murray, Architect
Photographer
- Dianne Sutherland
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