Letterfourie House

Letterfourie House was built as a home for two brothers from the Gordon family to retire to upon their return to Scotland. The Gordon brothers were staunchly Roman Catholic, and the house was built at a time when Catholics were not permitted to worship publicly, The house was designated as a Category A listed building in 1972.

The interior design has been described as excellent. The principal rooms are lined with Spanish mahogany, which the Gordon brothers had sent back from Madeira where they had made their fortune in the wine trade. The main north entrance leads into and east–west aligned entrance hall, with a cantilevered staircase that gives access to the upper floors. The dining room, looking onto the garden, is lined with mahogany, and features a fireplace with white a marble chimney piece and an unusual steel basket grate by James Fraser of Banff, which has a curved, decorated front which can be retracted to avoid soiling from overheating. Fine chimney pieces and fireplaces can also be found in the…

Letterfourie House, one of the largest Georgian houses in Moray, lies above the Burn of Buckie, about a mile east of Drybridge in the parish of Rathven. The building consists of a central block built of pink pinned tooled granite, with pavilion wings of harl pointed rubble connected to the main house by three-bay linking blocks, all set out at right angles in a U-plan.