Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Ury House
Ury House — house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stonehaven · 1.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ury 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: 56.9804°, -2.2328°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ury House is a large ruined mansion in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the Elizabethan style in 1885 by Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet. It is situated on the north-east coast about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Stonehaven in the former county of Kincardineshire.
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Background
History
Originally the estate belonged to the Frasers, then the Hays starting in 1413, but eventually became the property of the Earl Marischal. Colonel David Barclay purchased Urie in a lengthy process in the late 1660s, and his descendants owned it through 1854 when the estate was purchased by the Baird family (source Clan Barclay and newspaper archives Stonehaven). The second laird was his son, Robert Barclay, the Quaker apologist. It descended to Robert Barclay Allardice (MP) (1732-1797) and then to his son Captain Robert Barclay Allardice, known as “the celebrated pedestrian”. Over the years Ury has been rebuilt three times. In early times the property was known as Urie. In the 17th century,…
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- Coordinates
- 56.9804, -2.2328
- District
- Aberdeenshire
- Postcode
- AB39 3ST
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- Nearest railway station
- Stonehaven — 1.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1604802 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ury House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: UryHouse(AlanThomson)May2006.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ury House?
- Ury House is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB39 3ST).
- Is Ury House a listed building?
- Ury House is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- How do I get to Ury House?
- The nearest railway station is Stonehaven, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode AB39 3ST.