Building record MAB32624 - FOWLIS CASTLE
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Summary
Castle, in residential use.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 13619
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 3214 3333 (63m by 41m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO33SW |
| Civil Parish | Fowlis Easter |
| Authority | Angus |
Type and Period (8)
- CASTLE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- TOWER HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- CHIMNEY (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- WALL (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- TOWER (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- POND (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- TOWER (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- CASTLE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Castle, in residential use. The site was in the Gray family since the 14th century, but the earliest part of the present castle was constructed in circa 1640. This tower house, known as 'Lady's Tower', probably formed the north-west corner of a larger quadrangular building with a courtyard and an outer wall defended by towers. By the 19th century the tower house was run down, and Sir Patrick Keith Murray has it repaired and extended by Hugh Robertson, architect, in 1862. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a T-plan building with an enclosure to the west. On the 2nd edition OS map, a pond has been added within the enclosure. Current maps show the pond has since been infilled. Since the 19th century, it has also been used as a bothy and as part of a farm. The 17th century section is a three-storey and attic tower house, with a conically-roofed stair tower and a massive offset outshot chimney. It is made T-plan by a two-storey and attic north wing, added in 1862, at which time the upper levels of the tower and the chimney were repaired. It is rubble-built with irregular quoins. The original building has chamfered ashlar margins, a cavetto eaves course, crowstepped gables and break skewputts. The skewputts on the west gable have masks, and there is a window at the ground floor with a date panel above the lintel inscribed 'Sir PKM 1862'. The south elevation has cream brick dormers, and the north elevation has tile hung dormers. There are shouldered stacks to the slate roofs. The later north wing has pentice-roofed single-storey former cellars to the north elevation. The central gable has a cross motif and coped skews. Inside the castle, there is a massive segmentally arched fireplace with an oven opening at the ground floor. A segmental moulding on the smithy to the north-west (NO 32080 33387) is said to have come from this castle.
Period Notes
The earliest part of the castle was constructed in circa 1640, and it was repaired and extended in 1862. It was listed on 11/06/1971.
RANKIN, D, 01/1999, FOWLIS EASTER: A DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT (Bibliographic reference). SAB1593.
DESK-BASED ASSESS
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- HES Listed Building Number: 13619;
- NMR Card Number: NO33SW8;
- NRHE Numlink: 32053;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO33SW0008;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB13619 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/32053 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB1593 Bibliographic reference: RANKIN, D. 01/1999. FOWLIS EASTER: A DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT. Y.
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Record last edited
Mar 4 2020 12:29PM
