Logie Elphinstone
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| Alternative names | Logie Country House |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Scots Baronial; tower-house influence |
| Location | Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Current tenants | Private hire (events) |
| Construction started | c.1680 |
Logie Elphinstone, also known as Logie Country House, is a 17th-century country house near Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Built around 1680 for James Elphinstone, the property was enlarged in the 18th century and is protected as a Category B listed building.[1] The grounds contain three Pictish Class I symbol stones, originally from the Moor of Carden, which are designated as a scheduled monument.[2][3] After a destructive fire in the 1970s, the house was restored and re-occupied in the early 21st century.[4]
History
Logie Elphinstone (Logie House) is a country house near Chapel of Garioch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The principal three-storey block, built for James Elphinstone in the late 17th century, retains a circular angle tower. Additions were made in the mid-18th century, including a two-storey north range and extensions to the south dating from c.1760–1780. The house was designated a Category B listed building in 1971.[5]
Three Pictish symbol stones, originally from the Moor of Carden, were later incorporated into an estate wall and are now set in the garden west of the house. The stones are designated as a scheduled monument.[6][7]
Following a destructive fire in the 1970s, the house fell into disrepair but was restored and re-occupied in the early 21st century.[8]
Architecture
The original late 17th-century block was designed in the Scottish country house tradition, with tower-house influences including a circular angle tower. Later phases in the mid-18th century created additional wings to form a courtyard plan. Interior improvements introduced rococo plasterwork and Adam-style detailing in the dining and drawing rooms. Around 1800, diagonal game larders were added at the courtyard entrance.[9]
The north entrance porch, dating from the early 19th century, bears heraldic panels representing the Elphinstone, Horn, and Dalrymple families.[10]
Gardens and landscape
The name Logie is derived from the Celtic logach, meaning "low-lying place".[11]
The estate was originally laid out in the Baroque style with formal avenues and a walled garden, later adapted during the 18th and 19th centuries towards a more naturalistic landscape style. When Colonel George Milne acquired the estate in 1903, he undertook extensive tree planting and replanted the walled garden with fruit trees.[12]
Archaeology
Three Pictish Class I symbol stones, carved with a crescent-and-V-rod, a double disc, and an elephant-like figure, were moved from the Moor of Carden to the Logie estate in the 19th century. The stones are illustrated in John Stuart’s Sculptured Stones of Scotland (1856) and remain in the garden today.[13][14]
Lineage
The estate of Logie Elphinstone was built for James Elphinstone in the late 17th century. He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1701.[15]
Through the marriage of Mary Elphinstone, daughter of the 3rd Baronet, to General Robert Dalrymple Horn of Horn in 1754, the estate passed into the Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone line.[16] Members of this family included Sir Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (1766–1848), created a Baronet of Great Britain in 1828, and Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (1805–1886), who served as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth.[17]
The estate remained in the family until the late 19th century, when it was sold to Colonel George Milne in 1903.[18]
Modern use
After its restoration in the early 21st century, Logie Elphinstone has been maintained as a privately owned residence and is also hired as a venue for weddings and events.[19]
References
- ↑ "LOGIE HOUSE HOTEL (LB2857)". Historic Environment Scotland. 16 April 1971. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Logie House, 3 symbol stones 160m W of (SM66)". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Stuart, John (1856). The Sculptured Stones of Scotland (PDF). 1. Spalding Club. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
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- ↑ Erskine, Rosalind (18 May 2013). "Interiors: Logie Country House, back from the ashes". The Scotsman. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "LOGIE HOUSE HOTEL (LB2857)". Historic Environment Scotland. 16 April 1971. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Logie House, 3 symbol stones 160m W of (SM66)". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Stuart, John (1856). The Sculptured Stones of Scotland (PDF). 1. Spalding Club. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
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- ↑ Erskine, Rosalind (18 May 2013). "Interiors: Logie Country House, back from the ashes". The Scotsman. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "NJ72NW0059 – Logie House". Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record. Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Logie House – Conservation and Restoration Plan, Appendix 11: Coats of Arms (Report). Unpublished conservation report. 2006.
- ↑ Clancy, Thomas O. (2016). "Place-names and the Church in Scotland". Journal of Scottish Name Studies. 10: 23–42.
- ↑ "Logie House – The Seat of Colonel George Milne". Scottish Field. January 1911.
- ↑ Stuart, John (1856). The Sculptured Stones of Scotland (PDF). 1. Spalding Club. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
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- ↑ "Logie House, 3 symbol stones 160m W of (SM66)". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Elphinstone baronets of Logie (1701)". Wikipedia. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Davidson, John (1878). Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son. p. 362. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
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- ↑ "Elphinstone-Dalrymple baronets". Wikipedia. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Logie House – The Seat of Colonel George Milne". Scottish Field. January 1911.
- ↑ Erskine, Rosalind (18 May 2013). "Interiors: Logie Country House, back from the ashes". The Scotsman. Retrieved {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Check date values in:
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External links
- Official website
- Historic Houses – Logie House history page
- Scottish Castles Association – Logie Elphinstone
CategoryCategory B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
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