Tertowie

Tertowie Residential School, Kenellar, Aberdeenshire has been a roofless ruin since a fire in November 2011. In preparing for a short film I have collected some archive material [for credits, please see footnotes].

The following material is not presented in chronological order.


11 Sept 1984, Press & Journal:



6 October 1984, Press & Journal:





Tertowie House before it became a residential school:


First edition Ordnance Survey map:


Tombstone in Kenellar churchyard to Lieutenant Colonel William Ross King of Tertowie (1822-1890):


2 April 1856, Press & Journal:


Gateway to Tertowie residential school [Trove]:


Tertowie Residential School [Trove]:






February 1968, New gymnasium:




27 November 2011, Tertowie House ablaze:


Photographs from 28 Days Later:


Memories of Tertowie as shared in the Press & Journal:


It seems that plans are underway to restore Tertowie House: