Letterfourie (Gaelic for the slope of the hill where the springs are) is an historic Scottish estate situated in the parish of Rathven, ancient Earldom of Enzie (pronounced "Ingy") and late regality of Huntly. The Earldom of Enzie belonged to the Hay's, Earl of Errol, but passed to George, second Earl of Huntly in 1476 when he married Elizabeth, daughter of the first Earl of Errol. George gave Letterfourie to his youngest son James who was an admiral of the Scots Fleet in 1513. Letterfourie House was built in 1773 to a design by the renowned Scottish architect Robert Adam for James Gordon the sixth Laird of Letterfourie. He developed a wine business in Madeira and was joined by his younger brother Alexander, who fought at the side of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden in 1746. Alexander altered the house in 1790, and his nephew James altered it further from the present house, a five storey central building and two three storey wings, which has remained virtually unchanged since 1806. Sensitive restoration and upgrading of this category "A" listed building and grounds is an ongoing feature which provides in the wings a selection of homely suites, in the central building the family home, and in the grounds the Letterfourie Fountains in the unique dumb-bell shaped pond.