Sandford Lodge is a Category B listed building in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Sandford Lodge – British Listed Buildings A former farmhouse, described by Charles McKean as a "miniature mansion house", it was built around 1800; today, only the shell of the building remains, after a fire in the early hours of 8 August 2015."Uncertain future for historic Peterhead lodge on former carbon capture site" – Press and Journal, 22 January 2016
James Skelton (1799–1882),James Skelton – Find a Grave sheriff substitute of Peterhead and possibly the original owner,Six Buchan Villages: Re-visited, Margaret Aitken (2004), p. 135 was resident at the lodge in 1856.The London Gazette: The Appointed Organ for All Announcements of the Executive (1856), p. 835 His wife was Margaret Marjory (née Kinnear) (1805–1878).Margaret Marjory Skelton – Find a Grave Their only daughter, Janet Georgina (1832–1860),Janet Georgina Mitchell – Find a Grave wed James Mitchell, minister of Peterhead's Deer Church, at the lodge on 7 September 1859,The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter, 24 September 1859, p. 876 but she died the following year, aged 27. Their son was Sir John Skelton.
William Aiton lived there in 1873.Scotland: Owners of Lands and Heritages 17 & 18 Vict., Cap. 91. 1872-73 (1874), p. 1 He was one of the original contractors for the construction of the Suez Canal, and was also contracted for the Maybole and Girvan Railway. In April and May 1865 he worked with Thomas Inglis of Glasgow on a survey of the Great Pyramid of Giza.Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865. Volume 2, Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867), pp.299-308 He died in February 1893, being "upwards of 70 years of age".The Irish Builder, 1 March 1893, p. 61
In the early 19th century, the lodge was the home of Private Robert Willox, of the Gordon Highlanders. He died as a prisoner of war in the Second World War on 7 June 1943, aged 25, after suffering from beriberi, and was buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. He lived at the lodge with his parents, James and Margaret, of whom he was one of ten children.Private Robert William Willox – Find a GraveThe Herald Years, Jack Webster (1996) His parents are buried in Longside Cemetery, Longside, near Peterhead.
G. Anderson lived at the lodge in the late 19th century.Proceedings, Agricultural Research Association, Aberdeen (1895), p. 61
James Sutherland (1851–1933) later ran his "great transport business in Peterhead" from the property. The business was a bus operator."A Text-book Transport Organization" – Commercial Motor, 9 February 1951 "During his tenancy of the Sandford farm he had a grieve called Sandy Christie, and the foreman's name was Fordyce," wrote David Toulmin.A Chiel Among Them: A Scots Miscellany, David Toulmin (1982)
Peterhead Power Station was built adjacent to the property in 1978.
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See also List of listed buildings in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
References
External links Sandford Lodge – Historic Environment Scotland Sandford Lodge – Canmore.org.uk Sandford Lodge – Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland