Midmar Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Castle.

Midmar Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Castle
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Main part Z-plan, George Bell master mason c. 1570-5.

Approximately square 4-storey central part with 6-storey

circular battlemented tower and 4-storey and attic

turreted square tower. N.W. wing 2-storey with dormer heads

probably 17th century. E. wing 2/3-storey probably c. 1733;

small bathroom addition (? 1796). Harled, small raised

terrace in courtyard. Interior work; main part:- 1st floor

plain with original ceiling and good early 19th century c.i.

stove by Adam Anderson; original late 18th century bathroom

arrangements in addition. Good original panelled rooms

with original plasterwork 2nd and 3rd floors. E. wing:-

good panelling of c. 1733 with late 18th century additions.

Elegant dining room at ground floor probably c. 1796,

Pompeian red with windows in semi-elliptically arched

recesses. Considerably repaired in 1840.

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