Forglen War Memorial

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 04/03/1994 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Forglen NGR NJ 68306 51884 Coordinates 368306, 851884 — Dated 1921, possibly by W L Duncan of Turriff. Single storey and basement hall with piended roof, raised over basement, roughly T-plan, with service wings at rear. Harled, Turriff sandstone cills, ashler coping and eaves course. N ELEVATION: flat-roofed entrance porch at rear to lower wing, set in NE re-entrant angle, deep-set door, 2 windows to right, bipartite to left, battlemented parapet above. Main hall block advanced to right; tripartite, centre light breaking eaves in shaped gablehead with date plaque. W ELEVATION: 3 broad windows, small door to basement at outer left. Lower, gabled service wings adjoining at rear. Sash and case, and metal framed hopper windows with multi-pane glazing pattern. Grey slates, swept eaves. Leaded bellcote to centre ridge with apron, arcaded cote and pyramidal roof with finial. Rendered ridge stack to rear. 1914-18 WAR MEMORIAL: sited to N; polished granite pier with steps, dated wreath, inscription and pyramidal cap. — W L Duncan, son of James Duncan of Turriff, died 1951.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.