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Forglen Free Manse

A Category C Listed Building in Banff and District, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5545 / 57°33'16"N

Longitude: -2.5566 / 2°33'23"W

OS Eastings: 366791

OS Northings: 851736

OS Grid: NJ667517

Mapcode National: GBR N81R.HJ7

Mapcode Global: WH8MF.PCSZ

Plus Code: 9C9VHC3V+R9

Entry Name: Forglen Free Manse

Listing Name: United Free Manse

Listing Date: 4 March 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 345802

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12878

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200345802

Location: Forglen

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Parish: Forglen

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Manse

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Description

Circa 1865. Probably James Duncan of Turriff. 2-storey, 3-bay, L-plan manse. Harled, with Turriff sandstone dressings.

E ELEVATION: door to centre with letterbox fanlight and bracketed cornice. Canted bays flanking at ground floor. 3 window to 1st floor breaking eaves in gabled dormerheads with finials.

W ELEVATION: wing at right angles to rear; windows at each floor to each re-entrant elevation. Blind gable ends. Sash and case windows with 4-pane glazing pattern. Grey slates, ashlar coped skews and gablet skewputts, corniced ashlar stacks with decorative cans.

INTERIOR: some original fireplaces, wood graining to doors,

cast-iron balustrade to stair.

Statement of Interest

Piend-roofed, half-slated outbuilding to S. Church to N listed separately.

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