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Craigievar Castle  Scotland 
CRAIG-ee-VAR
Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Started 1610
Completed 1626

Status: Partially Extant

    

Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
CRAIG-ee-VAR
Location
Country
Scotland
District Today
Aberdeenshire
 Historic County
 City / Town / Village
Alford
 Latitude
57.233002
 Longitude
-2.70064
Date
Start Date
1610
Completion Date
1626
Circa Date
Images

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The Hall
Postcard Photo (circa 1920s)
Architects
There are no architects associated with this house.
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Partially Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As 
Unknown
Gardens Listed As  
Unknown
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House:  Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
XIX, 162, 1906. LXXXIII, 12 plan, 1938.
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Yes
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01339-883-635
Fax Number
01339-883-280
Email
Website
http://www.nts.org.uk
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
The National Trust for Scotland
Primary Current Ownership Use
Visitor Attraction
Current Ownership Use / Details
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
A Past Seat(s) of
William Forbes, 17th century. Lord Semple, Forbes-Sempill family; Forbes family here for 350 years, until 1962.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
William Forbes
House & Family History
Craigievar is an L-shaped house tower house of 7 stories with superb 16th century plasterwork. The house remained in the Forbes family from the 17th century, when it was built, until 1963, when it came into the ownership of The National Trust for Scotland. Queens Victoria, Mary (wife of George V), and the late Queen Mother (wife of George VI) visited Craigievar.
Collections This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.

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Comments
Craigievar is generally regarded as one of the finest tower houses in Britain.
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" (2000 - TV movie).
Bibliography
Author   NA
Year Published   1999
Reference  


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