Gatepiers on W. Axis of Church Between 7 and 8 Monymusk Square Monymusk, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Gatepiers on W. Axis of Church Between 7 and 8 Monymusk Square has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 349691 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 15989
- Canmore ID
- 150085
- Category
- C
- Name
- Gatepiers on W. Axis of Church Between 7 and 8 Monymusk Square
- Parish
- Monymusk
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Easting
- 368460
- Northing
- 815245
- Date Listed
- 24 November 1972
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
D-plan granite ashlar. Perhaps 1822, or possibly earlier.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The village square was laid out on the axis of the church by Sir Archibald Grant in 1716 the centre of the square forming a cattle pound for Banffshire drovers. The original houses were clay-bound stone thatched with heather. The N.S.A. v XII p.468 describes it as almost entirely rebuilt of late by the proprietor. It was gradually Tudorised by Sir Arthur Grant between 1889 and 1902 Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006). The listing relates specifically to the group interest of the subject. It applies, as always, to interior as well as exterior, as appropriate to building type.
