# Rickarton House

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'''Rickarton House''' is a 19th-century country house in [Kincardineshire](/source/Kincardineshire), Scotland. It lies approximately three-and-a-half miles northwest of [Stonehaven](/source/Stonehaven) in the [former county](/source/Shires_of_Scotland) of [Kincardineshire](/source/Kincardineshire). The house is situated on the north banks of the [Cowie Water](/source/Cowie_Water) slightly upstream of the confluence with [Cowton Burn](/source/Cowton_Burn). Rickarton is a [category B listed building](/source/listed_building).<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB9378|desc=Rickarton House|cat=B|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> Rickarton House was constructed in the first decade of the 19th century for [William Rickart Hepburn](/source/William_Rickart_Hepburn).<ref>Watt, 1985</ref> He commissioned the City Architect of Aberdeen, [John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(architect)), to undertake the work.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Smith|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201801|publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|accessdate=17 August 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103091200/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201801|archivedate=3 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

The house and the estate became the property of the Bairds in the mid 19th century. It is currently owned by the Baron of Rickarton, Ury, and Lochwood.

==References==
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*Watt, Archibald, ''Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire'', Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)

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Category:Listed houses in Scotland
Category:Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
Category:Kincardine and Mearns
Category:Country houses in Aberdeenshire
Category:John Smith (architect) buildings

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