Kildrummy_Design Statement_002 Left Blank as Section Divider Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals Undated, possibly showing buildings at Gardenhill Undated but showing roofs of Kildrummy Lodge Kildrummy OS 1868 c1899, Kildrummy Lodge with the New Castle under construction Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals 2.4 Selected Timeline History & Images c12th C Settlement at Kildrummy before Castle was built. Place name means “church on the c1374-77 Direct male line of Earl’s of Mar comes to an end ridge) 1436-38 Kildrummy Castle overhauled and its defences improved c1240 William, 5th Earl of Mar begins construction of Kildrummy Castle, possibly to the design of St Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness. Built on remains of earlier fortification, an 1435 Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, dies and King James I annexes the earldom and takes earthwork motte on which a tower, or hall was built. Early sources refer to the castle as possession of the castle “Kyndromy” (head of the ridge) rather than Kildrummy (church of the ridge) 1438 King James II visits Kildrummy Castle 1296 King Edward I of England visits Kildrummy on 31 July, the most northerly point of his invasion 1442 Lord Erskine, dynastic heir to the Earldom of Mar, takes control of the castle 1303 King Edward I returns to Kildrummy, staying for several days in October, possibly laying siege to the castle briefly to compel the surrender of a Scottish garrison. 1448 King James II gains control of the castle 1305 Edward I places castle under Robert Bruce’s control 1450 Kildrummy passes for the Erskines to St James Crichton of Fendraught who is appointed as keeper 1306 Robert Bruce claims Scottish throne and is crowned on 27 March. After defeat by the English at Methven, his wife and daughter are sent to Kildrummy Castle for safety. 1456 Keepership of Kildrummy passes to Lord Glamis Pursued by son of Edward I (Prince of Wales). They flee to Monastery at Tain 1470 King James III visits Kildrummy 1306 King Edward I besieges Kildrummy Castle. Defended by Robert Bruce’s younger brother, Neil, but falls when a traitor sets fir to grain stored in the great hall. Eventually 1508 Lands of Kildrummy conveyed to Alexander Elphinstone destroyed by English troops and Neil later executed. 1530 / 31 Castle stormed and set on fire by John Strachan of Lenturk, son of a local Laird 1326 Some restoration possibly carried out by Earl of Mar 1565 Earldom of Mar restored to the Erskines and Kildrummy Castle itself in 1626 after 1335 Scottish garrison led by King Robert’s sister, Lady Christian or Christina Bruce, defends prolonged litigation castle against much larger pro-English army. Eventually relieved by her husband, Sir Andrew Murray and the pro-English army subsequently destroyed at Culblean – the 1654 During the Civil Wars, the roundhead Col Thomas Morgan takes the castle by siege turning point of the Second War of Independence lasting two days 1341 King David II visits the castle 1655 The Don Poem published. Analogy made between seven towers and seven hills of Rome. By 1774 when an annotated edition of the poem was published the idea of a Roman 1362 King David II again visits the castle, possibly to avoid the plague origin for Kildrummy was said to be widely believed 1365 King David II besieges the castle to take control of the castle as security on a loan owed 1662 Kildrummy described in 2nd edition of Atlas Novus in a Latin essay by Robert Gordon of by the Earl of Mar Strloch as “…an ancient structure and, it is thought, a royal one…Indeed, with its firm wall, crowded too with mighty towers, mutually accessible from each other, it was then 1365 King David returns to the castle judged safe from hostile force; now, rendered more commodious and amenable by new buildings, the Earl of Mar has his principal seat in this place.” 15 Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals The New Castle from the top of Kildrummy Castle Ruins Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals 1690 Bonnie Dundee’s Jacobite soldiers shelter in castle and set it on fire so it will not fall into 1872 James Ogston buys Norwood, on the North Deeside Road, built in 1861 and designed by government hands. The Earl of Mar asserts that it is “for the most part totally burned James Matthews. Lived there until move to Kildrummy. and destroyed.” 1875 James and Anne marry on 7 October. They have no children 1715 John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar, in Scotland secretly, plots the Jacobite Rising of 1715 at the castle. Failure of the rebellion results in castle’s downfall and exile of the Earl. Castle 1876 Queen Victoria visits in September. seized by London government and sold to York Buildings Co. 1877 A M Mackenzie returns to Aberdeen and enters partnership with James Matthews 1724 Exiled Earl regains ownership through proxies. Castle mostlt abandoned. Plundered for stone and lime and partly dismantled. Falls into ruin. 1877-78 Matthews and Mackenzie design Ardoe House near Banchory for James Ogston’s brother Alexander. “Sumptuous” interior dates from 1883, also designed by Matthews 1739 Erskines sell estate to John Gordon of Wardhouse. Gordon family were responsible for and Mackenzie, the layout of the earliest designed landscape associated with the castle, vestiges of which remain. 1885 A M Mackenzie designs Aberdeen Art Gallery 1808 The stripping of the castle’s masonry ceases as its scenic properties as a picturesque ruin begin to be appreciated 1893 A M Mackenzie designs Crathie Kirk c1835 Kildrummy Lodge built by the Gordon family (shown on 1867 OS Map). Also known 1893 James Mattews retires leaving A M Mackenzie as sole partner. Mackenzie responsible as Gordon’s Lodge and relocated on construction of the New Castle. Now Ardhuncart for most of Aberdeen office’s design work since 1883 Lodge with additions by A Marshall Mackenzie. 1895 A M Mackenzie designs the new Mar Lodge for the Duke and Duchess of Fife 1845 James Ogston, 5th child and 2nd son Alexander and Elliot Ogston, born on 29 May. (Died 10 March 1931). Nicknamed “Soapy” as a result of owing a soap factory, Ogston & 1897 James Ogston promoted to Colonel, 1st Aberdeenshire Volunteer Artillery Tennant, in Loch Street, Aberdeen which was started by his father. 1898 James Ogston purchases Estate from Mr Raphael Gordon. Estate had become run down 1848 Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, Architect, born in Elgin on 1 January, the son of architect due to owners living mostly abroad and lack of investment. Thomas Mackenzie who was also business partner of James Matthews, the firm known as Mackenzie and Matthews. 1899 A third of the New Castle built, designed by A Marshall Mackenzie in an English Neo- Jacobean style. 1st payment made on 15 August. 1849 Anne Lesliey Jamieson, wife of James Ogston born. (Died 1927) 1900 New Castle completed. Commemorated by date stone above front entrance. 1863-68 A M Mackenzie trains with James Matthews. Works for a year as an Assistant and then moves to work for David Bryce in Edinburgh 1900 Stables being constructed 1866 Queen Victoria visits in October and lunches within the walls of the castle. 1900 Keystone of Bridge layed (Ref photo). Bridge is an “enlarged and elaborated version” (HES) of the Brig O’ Balgownie over the mouth of the River Don and was designed 1870 A M Mackenzie tours Italy and France and then establishes a practice in Elgin (where his by A Marshall Mackenzie and built by R&J Mitchell of Huntly. New driveway Avenue father practiced) constructed around same time 17 Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals Laying Bridge Keystone 1901 Kildrummy Castle George Washington Wilson photographer, late 19thC Kildrummy OS 2nd Ed 1902 Back Den Gardens, 1955 Kildrummy Manor Development Proposals 1931 Brigadier General Charles Ogston CB CMG DSO bequeathed a “life interest” in the 1900 Kildrummy Lodge taken down and re-built at Ardhuncart estate on the death of James Ogston who had no children. Responsible for the collection of redundant mill stones, salvaged from around the Estate, and other worked stones around the gardens. 1901 Kildrummy New Castle (new house) and the Viaduct across the Back Den shown on the 2nd edition OS 25” map (published 1902), with south drive and gardens as yet undeveloped. South lodge completed with other estate buildings also from around this 1933 Alexander Marshall Mackenzie dies on 4 May date. 1934 Small greenhouse built, heated by turbine which also provided light and some heat for 1903-4 Dynamo (turbine?) installed by Messrs Drake & Gorham of London the house “in an old croft, now the tool room of the nursery” (Matthews, p7) Also may be known as the “Old Well House” (Smith, p27) 1937 An un-named tenant responsible for building and planting prominent rock beds on the quarry floor. 1938 Excavations at the castle, again by Douglas Simpson, uncover the so-called Watergate, a 1904 The burn of the Back Den dammed and several large pools connected by a series of well chamber outside the curtain wall reached by a passage cascades created. Rock work was constructed by a Japanese firm of landscape architects and the firm of Messrs Backhouse of York under the direction of Mr David Peary 1944 Charles Ogston dies. Estate inherited by Colonel R J B Yates and Mrs Marjorie Yates, a transformed the old quarry (from which the old castle had been built possibly using niece of James Ogston. They moved from Ardhuncart Lodge to the new castle in 1945 stone from Castle), built steps and planted choice shrubs, trees and climbers. 1947 A new turbine and cables installed by Messrs Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon of Kendal.