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Latitude: 56.2975 / 56°17'50"N
Longitude: -3.3873 / 3°23'14"W
OS Eastings: 314242
OS Northings: 712535
OS Grid: NO142125
Mapcode National: GBR 21.76YP
Mapcode Global: WH6QR.YZ55
Plus Code: 9C8R7JW7+X3
Entry Name: Ruins of House of Fordel and outbuildings, Easter Fordel
Listing Name: Ruins of Old House of Fordel and Outbuildings, Easter Fordel.
Listing Date: 26 August 1977
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 337185
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5698
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200337185
Location: Arngask
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Parish: Arngask
Traditional County: Perthshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Original nucleus late 16th/early 17th century, small
rectangular tower house with circular stair tower at NW
angle cut down to 2-storey, presumably shortly after
1784; pinned rubble, red sandstone dressings, windows
have red sandstone dressings grooved for glass with broad
chamfers; main entrance in re-entrant angle of stair
tower roll-moulded, partly robbed of dressings: 1st floor
room has good moulded chimney piece at S. gable. Two-storey
SW wing addition forming L-plan 17th century, much ruined
but with remains of moulded ingleneuk (?-latterly
chimneyless with lean-to roof) with aumbry; ruined
outbuildings (formerly low single-storey pantiled) running
N. from N. gable, not much more than foundations, 2 more
ruined detached outbuildings to NW and SW, the latter
linked to the W. gable of the house by a ruined wall;
further single storey outbuilding (subsequently raised to
provide loft) on higher ground on E. wall N gable and short
return of W. wall survive.
Former mansion of the Browns of Fordel. Cromwell spent 2
nights at Fordel August 1651
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