Building record MAB36680 - FLEMINGTON CASTLE

Remains of a castle.

Remains of a castle. Flemington House, or Castle, is a three-storey L-plan towerhouse, constructed in red sandstone rubble and slate. It is late 16th-or early 17th-century date. The first floor and the upper part of the house have been entirely remodelled and possibly even partly rebuilt in the late 17th or early 18th centuries. The entrance is in the re-entrant angle and there are twin stair turrets, a circular one in the re-entrant angle which serves all floors above the first, and the other, an angular turret, in the angle formed by the projecting wing and the main block on the north which serves only the first and second floors. It was occupied until the late 19th century, but the main block was unroofed when visited by MacGibbon and Ross in the late 19th century. The roof features comprise chimneys and crow-stepped gables. The basement contains vaulted cellars, the one on the south being the former kitchen with a wide arched fireplace, and there is a modern outbuilding attached to the south. The castle has many gunloops and shot-holes. The turnpike stair, in the wing, goes only to the first floor and beneath it is a guardroom with gunloops. The hall is on the first floor and the upper floors are for accommodation. The castle is now completely unroofed and ruinous.

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T, 1887-92, [Untitled], Vol. 3, 592-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6114.

TRNATER, N, 1962, FORTIFIED HOUSE IN SCOTLAND VOL4-ABERDEENSHIRE, 121 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1917.

RCAHMS, 1984, [Untitled], 15, No. 67 (Bibliographic reference). SAB9386.

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