Ury House, from a field just off the Slug Road and viewed across the Cowie Water

Ury House was a large mansion built in the Elizabethan style in 1885 by Alexander Baird. It is situated about a mile north of Stonehaven, a town in Kincardineshire on the North-East coast of Scotland. Dunnottar Castle Location within the British Isles Stonehaven (Steenhive in the Doric dialect of Scots ) is a town on the North-East coast of Scotland. ... Kincardineshire, also known as The Mearns (from A Mhaoirne meaning The Stewartry) is a traditional county on the coast of Northeast Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ...

Ury house used to be the HQ of the Quaker organisation in NE Scotland. The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...

Today the house is derelict and entry is prohibited because of the dangerous state of the structure. There have been proposals for its restoration, but a 2004 planning application was rejected by the local Community Council.^[1]

References

1. ^ M Haddock (2006). Appendix A: Application for Outline Planning Permission for Residential Development, Land At Ury Estate, Stonehaven for Fm Property and Leisure Limited (.doc). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.