FOG HOUSE - a listed building.

Summerhouse to North of Invercauld House, Crathie And Braemar.
Category: C(S)
Date Listed: 14 November 2006
Historic Scotland Building ID: 50764
OS Grid Coordinates: 317765, 792530
Latitude/Longitude: 57.0166, -3.3559

This is a small rustic summerhouse, situated on a dramatic site to the North of Invercauld House A structure of a similar plan is marked on an Estate Map of 1753, and this mid 19th century example is thought to be on the same site. Garden design by the late 18th century often included structures within the landscape placed at strategic points where visitors could be shown the extent of the Estate. It was also a time when dramatic landscapes and rugged natural features were becoming fashionable within landscapes and the nature and position of this summerhouse places it within this Picturesque movement. This type of summerhouse is also known by the term `fog house?; fog, being a local word for moss, may refer to the appearance of the roofing material.
Mid 19th century. Simple, rustic, timber hexagonal summerhouse with open entrance to S and thatch roof, situated in woods on steep slope to N of Invercauld House and with extensive views to the house and surrounding policies. Rustic timber columns intersperse vertical timber sections with open lattice timberwork to upper half. Internal fixed bench.