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Kenmure Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Dee and Glenkens, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0632 / 55°3'47"N

Longitude: -4.1383 / 4°8'17"W

OS Eastings: 263535

OS Northings: 576391

OS Grid: NX635763

Mapcode National: GBR 4X.R1J2

Mapcode Global: WH4V4.DZMW

Plus Code: 9C7Q3V76+7M

Entry Name: Kenmure Castle

Listing Date: 4 November 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 342053

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9745

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200342053

Location: Kells

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens

Parish: Kells

Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire

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Description

Core of 17th century castle (possibly earlier) much altered
1879, M R Hadfield, architect.
Roofless shell, gutted by fire circa 1950.
Castle of irregular T-plan, with N wing of earliest date and
least altered, E wing extended at E gable 1879, short S wing.
Polygonal 4-storey stair turrets to NE re-entrant angle and
to N gable, latter now enclosed by full-height 1879 additions
to N.
Castle rubble built and harled with exposed mainly
roll-moulded margins, addition brick harled over; squat
granite buttresses to N elevation added 1879.
An important decorative feature are the string-courses of
cable moulding at cill levels which are stepped up around
windows and from a decorative ogee knotted loop over doorways
and some windows. Miniature multi-corbel course to eaves.

Statement of Interest

Scheduled 10 November 1998.

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