The Fish-House (also known as the Salmon House) is a

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building on Golf Road in the

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area of Peterhead,

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, Scotland. One of the two right-angled blocks dates from 1585, making it the oldest building in Peterhead. Walker and Woodworth state the structure was built as a coastal store for

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, whose initials are on a skewputt. They also state that it was "rebuilt c. 1801," but without clarification as to which building. The property is still in operation, as the home of the Ugie Salmon smokehouse.Ugie Salmon website
/ref> The addition, which is not attached to the original building, was added the following century. The original section of the building has a crow-stepped gable with a forestair up to the loft. The road on which it stands is so-named because it leads to

Peterhead Golf Club Peterhead Golf Club, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was founded in 1841, making it, by its own claim, the 18th-oldest golf club in the world. Located on the River Ugie near its mouth with the North Sea, it began in its current Craigewan L ...

, although that was established over 250 years after the fish house.

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FISH-HOUSE, GOLF ROAD
- Historic Environment Scotland
A video tour of the building, filmed in 2010
- YouTube, 18 January 2010 Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire Listed buildings in Peterhead Commercial buildings completed in 1585 1585 establishments in Scotland Smokehouses {{Scotland-struct-stub

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