What is recorded here

Skene House began as a 14th Century towerhouse with three vaults, later gutted and rebuilt in 1680 before becoming a vast Scots Baronial mansion for the Duke of Fife in the mid 19th Century. Its terrace still holds dolphin fountains and a 1736 table sundial, while the old stable block now houses ordinary lives. The house has absorbed seven centuries of change, keeping its shape only by constantly becoming someone else's idea of grandeur.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skene House as Country House (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Skene House, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is a medieval tower house that was originally built by the Skene family, a prominent Scottish clan, in the 16th century. It is historically significant as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and is associated with the region's feudal past and clan history.

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