Behind a nineteenth-century High Street face, The Lodging preserves a sixteenth-century core and heraldic links with the Earls of Erroll.
Quick facts
- Date
- 16th century; recast and extended circa 1845
- Architect / designer
- Unknown; work associated with the Earls of Erroll
- Type
- Three-storey historic lodging joined across a pend to a shop
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB42176)
- OS grid reference
- NJ 72328 49777
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
The harled three-storey building has a Doric column porch carrying a first-floor bay window and shaped Jacobean dormer heads. Red ashlar pilasters and an entablature link it across a pend to the adjoining shop, while Erroll arms appear at the rear.
Its story
The building began in the sixteenth century as a substantial lodging. Recasting and extension around 1845 created the present street composition while retaining the older core and heraldic identity.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises a rare early building whose adaptation helps explain the long commercial and social history of Turriff High Street.
What to notice
- A single Doric column supporting the porch and bay.
- Shaped Jacobean dormer heads.
- The ashlar link crossing the entrance pend.
Reading the surroundings
Respect current private and commercial use. View from the pavement and do not enter the pend, rear ground or upper building without permission.
Timeline
- 16th century A substantial lodging occupied a prominent High Street site.
- Circa 1845 Recasting added a bay, dormers and architectural connection to the shop.
- Later period Continuing adaptation kept the early structure within an active frontage.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The earliest patron, complete internal sequence and present division between lodging and shop were not established.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: The Lodging and Adjoining Shop, LB42176 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB42176 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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