Forglen House
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Forglen House is a mansion house that forms the centrepiece of the Forglen estate in the parish of Forglen, north-west of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, in the north-east of Scotland. The lands were given to
Forglen House
A feature on the 4-storey tower is a triple coat of arms from 1578
The Gothic-style Mausoleum
Detail on the Abercromby memorial
Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet of Birkenbog and Forglen, FRSE, DL was a Scottish politician and landowner.
Forglen House
…Lord Banff, the estate passed by marriage to the Abercromby baronets who continued to enhance the property and maintained it as their main residence. Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet commissioned the Aberdeen City Architect, John Smith to design the present house in 1839. Forglen House was sold by the Abercromby family in 1974 but…
Portrait by Henry Raeburn, 1816
Forglen House
Detail of inscription on memorial for Robert Abercromby (Forglen House)