Description

16th century tower house shell sympathetically restored for

domestic use 1979-80, W G Dawson architect. Roughly coursed

rubble, ashlar dressings, rectangular or slit openings, mostly roll-moulded, some with relieving arches. Door at S end of W

wall; central gun port to elevations at ground level;

small-paned windows; splayed base course; continuous corbel

table with cable moulding curved over angles, rope-moulding

raised at intervals (some upper stonework removed).

Crow-stepped gables, corbelled apex beacon platform at S,

corniced end stack at N. Slate roof.

INTERIOR: lower level vaulted (prehistoric stone in floor at

door to latter); circular stair within SW angle.

Statement of Interest

The beacon platform is a rarity. Usually known as Hollows

Tower, sometimes as Gilnockie Tower, though local tradition

claims that the latter stood on the E bank of the Esk opposite.

Upgraded B to A 12.7.88.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Gilnockie Tower at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2627274

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)