Building record MAB39119 - INGLISMALDIE CASTLE
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Summary
Tower-house/mansion.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 16287
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 6438 6684 (351m by 252m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO66NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Marykirk |
Type and Period (7)
- TOWER HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- TURRET (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- TOWER (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)
- GATE PIER (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- Dovecot (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Tower-house/mansion. The nucleus is an L-plan turreted towerhouse of three-storeys and attic dated 1636 although the lower parts are possibly older. A long three-storey and attic west wing with a north-west angle was turret added probably in the later 17th century, filling the re-entrant angle at the north-west, two-storey south-east wing with a piended roof added mid 18th century. West addition was demolished and a new two-storey west wing with dormerheads on the west flank and the turret tops restored (higher than the original), a new front door, south-east wing re-roofed with crow-stepped gables and a 2/3 storey building linking to the old towerhouse was built in 1882. There have been further later alterations to the circular south-west tower, south crow-stepped gable and corbelled chimney, and an east addition. It belonged to the Earls of Kintore. The C-listed garden walls have rusticated gatepiers with cornices, concave pyramidal caps and ball finials. To the north-west is an 18th century dovecot, a large double chamber rectangular lean-to, no crowsteps with three conical finials on the back wall. It is of red rubble with a rat course, and there are 760 nesting boxes in each chamber.
Period Notes
From late 16thC; Medieval chapel replaced by 19thC service wing; mid-16thC woodwork; attic and turret added to west in late 17thC; mid-18thC 2-storey SE wing; west block replaced after fire in 1882.
MACGIBBON, D, 1892, THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, 1-5, 294-5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1140.
TRANTER, N, 1977, FORTIFIED HOUSE IN SCOT VOL 4, 161-2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1950.
GRAHAM, C, 1981, GRAMPIAN: THE CASTLE COUNTRY (2ND ED), 18 (Bibliographic reference). SAB598.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, MARYKIRK 27 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 16287;
- NMR Card Number: NO66NW29;
- NRHE Numlink: 35957;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO66NW0010;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB16287 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/35957 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB1140 Bibliographic reference: MACGIBBON, D. 1892. THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, 1-5. Y. 294-5.
- --- SAB1827 Bibliographic reference: SDD. n.d.. BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST. MARYKIRK 27.
- --- SAB1950 Bibliographic reference: TRANTER, N. 1977. FORTIFIED HOUSE IN SCOT VOL 4. 161-2.
- --- SAB598 Bibliographic reference: GRAHAM, C. 1981. GRAMPIAN: THE CASTLE COUNTRY (2ND ED). 18.
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2023 8:35AM
