Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Meldrum House
In or near Oldmeldrum.
Meldrum House — house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Inverurie · 8.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
Meldrum House is located in the Scottish Highlands, with the nearest railway station being Inverurie, which is 8.1 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is AB51 0AU. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Meldrum House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.3516°, -2.3124°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Meldrum House is a Category B listed country house and estate in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It dates to 1625 (although its datestone is not in its original position), and was designated a listed building on 15 April 1971.
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Background
History
The nucleus of the house is the original part completed in 1625. In the 17th and 18th centuries the house was the seat of the Urquhart family. In the mid 18th century, the local laird, William Urquhart, who was the 4th Urquhart of Meldrum and 17th Chief of the Clan Urquhart, commissioned Oldmeldrum Town Hall. Alterations were made to the surrounding structure of Meldrum House in the 18th and 19th centuries. Archibald Simpson reconstructed it between 1836 and 1839 as a symmetrical neo-Jacobean three-storey mansion. W. L. Duncan further reconstructed it between 1934 and 1937 at the request of then-owner Lady Doris Duff. Early on the morning of Christmas Day 1617, while the laird of Meldrum…
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- Coordinates
- 57.3516, -2.3124
- District
- Aberdeenshire
- Postcode
- AB51 0AU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gordon and Buchan
- Established
- 1625
- Nearest railway station
- Inverurie — 8.1 km
- Official site
- www.meldrumhouse.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q17775610 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Meldrum House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Meldrum House 02.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Meldrum House?
- Meldrum House is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB51 0AU).
- What is Meldrum House?
- Meldrum House — house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
- How do I get to Meldrum House?
- The nearest railway station is Inverurie, about 8.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode AB51 0AU.
- When was Meldrum House built?
- Built or established in 1625.
- Who owns Meldrum House?
- Meldrum House is owned by |cost =.
- Is Meldrum House a listed building?
- Meldrum House is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- How do I get to Meldrum House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode AB51 0AU. It sits within the Gordon and Buchan parliamentary constituency.