Sie ist dem Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) zugeordnet und beherbergt das UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), die School of Physics and Astronomy der University of Edinburgh und ein Besucherzentrum. Showers will mostly clear away at first, although a few may linger on the mainland. The City Dome was built to house a 22-inch (56 cm) refractor. [17], The original design for the mansion by John Smith in 1820 was constructed from granite, had a full basement, three main reception rooms. Monday looks to be turning unsettled with some outbreaks of rain coming in from the west. [3][4] In 1820 William Forbes commissioned the Aberdeen City Architect John Smith to design a replacement house in a basic two-storey Grecian inspired style. Stonehaven, established by Sir William Keith Murray, Bart (1801-61) at his estate. Amenities in the village include a school, a pub (Jaffs), and a garage-come-shop. In 1886 he became Astronomical Observer at Durham University Observatory and was still in post when he died at the age of 49. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Historic Scotland description of Dunecht Policies, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunecht&oldid=969285002, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 July 2020, at 14:08. Dunecht House. Field sports interests include grouse moors at Edinglassie, Forest of Birse and the Hill of Fare on Dunecht. Additional domes were built for a 13-inch (33 cm) reflector donated by Robert Cox and for a 13-inch (33 cm) refractor transferred from the Dunecht observatory near Aberdeen. The house is protected as a category A listed building,[1] and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. The earlier part of the mansion had a new galleried staircase as well as other refurbishments made to it. He was succeeded by his son, The Observatory, Vol. Publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. After Gill’s departure, Dr Ralph Copeland – from Birr (1881),  Jacob G. Lohse (1877-850) – moved to Wrigglesworth’s Observatory and  Henry C. Carpenter (1874-82) were employed. Last updated today at 19:00. Turning showery in later on in Orkney and the mainland but staying mostly dry in Shetland. The house was sold by Charles Anthony Pearson, brother of the 4th Viscount Cowdray to the Scottish business entrepreneur Jamie Oag in 2012.[1]. The building was demolished in 1796 (Gavine 1981, 96-111; Reid 1982; Howse 1986, 64). It also has an observatory, built by James Ludovic Lindsay, the 26th Earl of Crawford. Lord Cowdray bought the estate in 1912, going on to commission further significant extensions until 1920. Media requires JavaScript to play. Dunecht House is a stately home on the Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For the Australian homestead, see, "Millionaire former mechanic to wed stunning 21-year-old Russian bride", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunecht_estate&oldid=922641683, Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 October 2019, at 11:58. The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at 53,000 acres (210 km2). Dunecht House is a stately home on the Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1884 it was described ‘one of the best equipped observatories existing’. var _rwObsfuscatedHref0 = "mai";var _rwObsfuscatedHref1 = "lto";var _rwObsfuscatedHref2 = ":ma";var _rwObsfuscatedHref3 = "il@";var _rwObsfuscatedHref4 ="royalob";var _rwObsfuscatedHref5 = "serva";var _rwObsfuscatedHref6 = "torygre";var _rwObsfuscatedHref7 = "enwich. While at Dunecht he assisted Stone (a former First Assistant at Greenwich) in the reduction of the observations from the British 1882 Transit of Venus expeditions, eventually arriving at an estimate of the mean Earth-Sun distance of 148,960,000 km ±400,000 km. Observation Station: Aberdeen/Dyce (Lat: 57.2. Dunecht - Weather warnings issued 14-day forecast. [24], Memorial on the site of where the Earl's body was hidden, Coordinates: 57°09′40″N 2°24′47″W / 57.1610°N 2.4131°W / 57.1610; -2.4131, Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, "Lord Cowdray: Captain of great industry", "Tower Lodges and Gates and Loch of Skene Boathouse, Dunecht House  (Category A) (LB16505)", "Why I'm swapping my £25m house for a cottage", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunecht_House&oldid=929998165, Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 December 2019, at 15:47. Corsindae House is 5 miles (8 km) west of here, and is in the Scottish baronial style; built between the 1450s and 1600s (decade). [2], The barony of Echt had been owned by the Forbes family since 1469 and the original mansion house, built in 1705, was known as Housedale. [9], Additional internal renovations were commissioned around 1867 and undertaken by George Edmund Street. Change ), Everything you wanted to know about every county in the UK and Ireland can be found on the GENUKI website at ......... http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html, An ongoing voluntary project carried out by members of 'The Society for the History of Astronomy'. Built in 1820 as the family home of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, the house has a grand ballroom, chapel and observatory and is surrounded by extensive gardens. The estate achieved a certain measure of notoriety in 1881 due to theft of the remains of the Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford. It also had an 8½-inch Simms  reversible transit instrument fitted with 8 microscopes and a 4-inch Repsold heliometer on a Cooke mount. While at Dunecht he assisted Stone (a former First Assistant at Greenwich) in the reduction of the observations from the British 1882 Transit of Venus expeditions, eventually arriving at an estimate of the mean Earth-Sun distance of 148,960,000 km ±400,000 km. The Survey aims to reveal the depth of local history of astronomy online, across the UK and Ireland. Cromwell Tower Observatory [CTOA] (1804- ), King’s College quadrangle, Aberdeen, a rudimentary observatory may have been on top of Cromwell Tower with weather and philosophical instruments from 1804. Publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Dunecht House is to the south of the village and was once famed for its observatory, ballroom and library, as well as gardens which were opened once a year to the public. 5 hours agoLast updated 5 hours ago Updated 7 days a week. 197 talking about this. [1] His body had been removed from a burial vault within the private chapel[11] but the removal of the body was not discovered until several months later after a note signed 'Nabob' was received. In 1884 it was described ‘one of the best equipped observatories existing’. [5][7] This phase of architectural work was undertaken by Smith's son William and spanned from 1855–1859. [19] The formal gardens are sited to the west and south of the mansion and feature two large terraces designed by Aston Webb in the early 20th-century. These incorporated a prominent Italianate tower in the style of Osborne House and canted bays on two gables. Tuesday is expected to have showery outbreaks of rain on the mainland, but drier on the Isles. Carpenter started work at Greenwich as a Boy Computer. The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. Dunechta, a private observatory established by Lord Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, 12 miles from Aberdeen. Dunecht Observatory [DuO] (1872-88), Dunecht House nr. In charge of his astronomical arsenal Lindsay employed the very competent David Gill – later director of the Royal Cape Observatory. Dunecht Estates is a diverse rural property based business extending over 50,000 acres in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire in North East Scotland. [14] The mansion was leased to The 1st Viscount Cowdray and his wife, Annie, Viscountess Cowdray, in 1907. [6] His main family residence was Haigh Hall in Greater Manchester and it was under the instruction of The 25th Earl of Crawford, his eldest son who succeeded him in 1869, that further extensive additions were made to the Dunecht mansion. Roe deer stalking is let by the week at Dunecht and Raemoir and Campfield. 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