The Tower of Ess. Glen Tanar Estate, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
The Tower of Ess is a folly, probably designed by George Truefitt and dates from the The Glen Tanar Estate was originally a deer forest which was part of the Aboyne Castle Estate. In 1869 Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, a Manchester banker and MP, bought the estate from the 10th Marquis of Huntly. Brooks employed Thomas Mawson to layout the garden and estate, George Truefitt as architect, and 250 masons to construct the buildings, built of granite quarried locally. Both Mawson and Truefitt appear to have been involved in the widening of the Bridge of Ess which was the be the new entrance to the park. Truefitt designed the gatepiers and the Tower of Ess to guard the bridge.
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Location: The Tower of Ess. Glen Tanar Estate, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: aberdeenshire, brooks, cunliffe, ess, estate, george, glen, tanar, tower, truefitt, william
