Description

Dated 1594, Z-plan tower house, harled with dressed margins,

3 storeys and attic, with circular stair tower at south-west

angle carried up higher as is the smaller circular stair turret corbelled out at first floor level at the north-east angle. At

west front regular 3-bay fenestration at first and second

floors (although lacking centre window at first floor); 3

modern swept dormers. At east front, irregular fenestration;

2 shotholes at centre of second floor. Door with moulded

architraves in re-entrant angle with south-west tower; above

door moulded niche. Base course; ground floor amply provided

with gunloops. Internally, 2 vaulted chambers and vaulted

passage at ground floor; hall with large segmental arched

fireplace bearing defaced coat of arms and date of 1594 at

first floor. Crowstepped gables; slated roof. Modern small-paned glazing. Wall surrounding castle, stone. Studio cottage, small, single-storey, stone-built, vents at rear and modern

fenestration at front; slated roof.

Statement of Interest

Dated 1594 at keystone of hall fireplace at first floor.

Restored, 1969.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17567379

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)