Castle Fraser Photos

Castle Fraser (c1576; 1592 & 1614-36) is run as a house museum by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) outside Aberdeen. Castle Fraser is the home of the Fraser clan & covers the family's history.

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Castle Fraser (c1576; 1592 & 1614-36) run as museum by National Trust for Scotland (NTS). Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Architect: Thomas Leiper.	Conical turrets atop Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Round corner tower of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Castle Fraser with newer extensions (17thC) forming courtyard. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Courtyard view of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Stonework details of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Arms of Frasers dated 1576, 1683 & 1795 on facade of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Model of Castle Fraser at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Kitchen area at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Fireplace andiron with pots at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Plate drying rack at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Serving & storage dishes with rug beater at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Serving dishes under sugar snips at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Sideboard with metal wares at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	The Hall fireplace with portrait of Gen. Alexander Mackenzie Fraser (1758-1809) at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Andrew 1st Lord Fraser of Castle Fraser (c1570-1636) portrait (1633) by circle of George Jamesone at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Gen. Francis Humberstone Mackenzie 1st. Lord Seaforth (1754-1815) portrait after William Beechey at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Dining room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Cruet set & candlestick in dining room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Silver hot water or tea urn at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Peacock parlour fireplace at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Peacock parlour with tripod / trefoil table with arm chairs at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Peacock wallpaper (1890s) in parlour at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Four-poster bed in Green Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Swinging cradle on flat-woven Scotch carpet at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Hip bath with filling hot water cans carried by hand from three floors below in Green Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Hallway with runner carpet, drop-leaf table & Fraser portraits at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Four-poster bed (18thC) in Pink Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Fireplace, chest of drawers & step stool to climb to bed in Pink Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Lavinia Smiley's sitting room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Conical towers seen from observation deck of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Courtyard seen from observation deck of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Walled garden seen from observation deck of Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Gardens at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Gardens at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Major Smiley Room with WWII mementos of Major whose family donated castle to NTS in 1976 at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Library (1830s) at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Trou-madame ladies gaming table (late 18thC) in Library at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Wooden leg with knee hinged for riding of Capt. Charles Mackenzie Fraser of Coldstream Guards wounded in Peninsular War (1812) at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Victorian Sitting Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Victorian ceramic curio vase with image of Kaiser Wilhelm I Sitting Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	German salt-glaze ceramics with cobalt blue decoration (19thC) in Victorian Sitting Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Rocking horse (19thC) in Victorian Sitting Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Governess room with canopy bed & fake wallpaper stencilled with paint at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Washstand with pitcher & basin in Governess room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Deer & other horned & antlered antelopes taxidermied heads in trophy room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Collection of ceramic model dwellings in China Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Ceramic cups & figurines in China Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Lusterware cup with print of bridge over river Wear at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Worked bedroom with needlework (18thC) of armorial flowers at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Embroidered flowers on bed canopy in Worked Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Chinese import punchbowl with painted carp at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Washstand with pitchers & basins in Worked Room at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Miss Elyza Fraser portrait by Henry Raeburn at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	North Bedroom at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Flush commode chair (19thC) which not plumbed but emptied by servants at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Adjustable height Argand table lamp at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Chapel with portrait of exiled Old Pretender, son of James II & father of Bonnie Prince Charlie over engraved chest at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Bailiff's Room (1580s) with furniture from 1600s at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Bailiff's Room (1580s) with writing desk on table & great chair (1600s) at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.