A photograph of Forresterhill (or Foresterhill) House taken from The Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen 1319-1929 compiled by Donald B. Gunn (1929).

This house still stands at the time of writing in 2022. It has been incorporated into the Foresterhill hospital complex and can be found north of the main Aberdeen Royal Infirmary building, east of the tennis courts.

Concerning the Forresterhill estate more generally, which was initially feued in 1551, Gunn writes the following:

"Forresterhill was feued to Gilbert Colison at a feu duty of £20 Scots. This estate was, in comparatively recent times, purchased by the Town, who, in 1925 and 1928, sold parts of the central portion to the Governors of the Royal Sick Children's Hospital and the Royal Infirmary respectively, for hospital purposes. Other parts of this estate are known as Ashgrove, Woodhill, Stockethill, Cornhill and Westburn." (page 13).

Location

Foresterhill

Keyword

Country Houses

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