A 155-year-old Victorian lodge with period features has gone on the market for £110,000 in Peterhead – but it’s located in a historic cemetery. The pretty, pink granite period property forms the gateway to Constitution Street Cemetery in Peterhead. While the eerie setting overlooking graves of former Peterhead residents might put some people off, it was home to many cemetery caretakers over the years.
The accommodation was provided as part of the job where caretaker dug graves, kept records, and carried out gardening and maintenance work. Now the unique 1869 home, which is in need of some restoration, has gone on the market for the first time in its history at offers over £110,000. With three bedrooms and a large garden, it could once again be turned into a beautiful family home.
Peterhead Cemetery was gifted to town The cemetery on Constitution Street opened on July 16 1869 as a gift to Peterhead from the Edinburgh Merchant Maiden Hospital, a school for girls. Members of were influential and public-spirited, and helped the poor and elderly. The charitable Merchant Company was among the biggest landowners in Scotland – particularly around Peterhead, and paid for the cemetery to be built.
The opening of the graveyard was conducted by the provost, magistrates and the . Time capsule buried in centre of Constitution Street cemetery Governors were escorted to the cemetery by a guard of honour of the local Voluntary Artillery and Rifle Corps. Sir Thomas Boyd, master of the .
