Overview
Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole cottage in Aberdeenshire. The supporting saved type component is Cottage (early 19th Century). The source gives its period wording as early 19th Century. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Why it was built
The official record identifies Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street with the exact type wording Cottage (early 19th Century). The source gives its period wording as early 19th Century. The saved words support a dwelling account but do not safely name its builder or first owner.
People and work
The exact type records a place made for people to live in. The saved row does not safely identify particular residents, servants, tenants or work carried out inside Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street.
How it changed
The record supplies the exact name, type and mapped point for Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street, but it does not establish a sequence of rebuilding, extension or change. No such stages are invented here.
What survives
Historic Environment Scotland keeps a distinct place record for Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street. This saved information does not say which walls, rooms, fittings or other parts still survive.
Why it mattered
Old Deer, 4 Abbey Street matters as a named cottage tied to a precise place in Aberdeenshire. Alongside other homes, it helps show the pattern and kinds of Scottish dwelling recorded there without borrowing unsupported family stories.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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