Mar Lodge

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Mar Lodge is the name of the principle building on the estate known as Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Mar Lodge is about 4 miles to the west of Braemar and is reached by following the Linn of Dee road and crossing the River Dee by the Victoria Bridge.

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[edit] 4th Mar Lodge

The 4th Mar Lodge (Summer 1995)
The 4th Mar Lodge (Summer 1995)

There have been four Mar Lodges and the photograph (taken in the summer of 1995) shows the 4th Mar Lodge with the drive aligned with its main door.

Mar Lodge became a National Trust for Scotland property in 1995.

[edit] 3rd Mar Lodge

The 3rd Mar Lodge was built between 1895 and 1898 for the Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and his wife Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife. The foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria on 15 October 1895.

The architect was Alexander Marshall Mackenzie of Aberdeen (1848-1933) who, at the express request of the Duchess—H.R.H. Princess Louise, in the Elizabethan style of architecture.

—Wyness, Fenton

The 3rd Mar Lodge was destroyed by a fire while being renovated in 1991.

This photograph (scanned old postcard) shows the original veranda and drive alignment that allowed horse drawn carriages arriving from Braemar to pull up at the main door.

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The foundation stone

Interior of Mar Lodge

Interior of Mar Lodge

[edit] 2nd Mar Lodge

The 2nd Mar Lodge colloquially known as Corriemulzie Cottage or 'New' Mar Lodge was built near Linn of Corriemulzie at the top of Mar Lodge Brae.

It was a very 'Victorian' building with architectural detailing such as prominent use of lattice work[1] and tree-trunk supports[2] being reused in the construction of the next Mar Lodge.

It was destroyed by fire on the 14th of June 1895.

[edit] 1st Mar Lodge

On the site of the 3rd and 4th Mar Lodge - the first Mar Lodge was built in the 18th century by Lord Braco.

It was Lord Braco who initiated the construction of the mansion house at Dalmore, known from the 1760s as Mar Lodge, a predecessor of the present, much altered, late-19th century house.

—Dixon & Green

Sometime between 1730 and 1737, the property was acquired by the Duffs—this family's first foothold on Deeside—and by the end of the century they had purchased the neighbouring Farquharson lands of Alanaquoich, Auchindryne and Inverey.

—Wyness

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ As still visible on the 'Stag Ballroom'.
  2. ^ As still visible in the veranda of the old bar at the rear of Mar Lodge