Howe o' Buchan House, Peterhead
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Howe o' Buchan House, Peterhead
Image: © Iain Smith Taken: 9 Dec 2009
This imposing Category C(s) Listed Building stands beside the roundabout at the Howe o' Buchan on the outskirts of Peterhead. From an inscription above a door Image, it would appear that this house may date from at least 1711, although RCAHMS's CANMORE website http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/21251/details/howe+o+buchan/ has it dating from the 1800's. Research would tend to indicate that the land at Howe O' Buchan was purchased by one Thomas Walker, whose family were originally occupied Waulkmill, a small wool mill and croft on the Aberdour shore that had been owned by the family since about 1720. So unless the house was already there when the land was purchased, the date of 1711 would appear incorrect as a date of building.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.508032
Longitude
-1.824416
