Craig Castle

Craig Castle is a tower house dated to the third quarter of the 16th century, attributed to Dr. Simpson. The building features a three-storey L-plan layout measuring 55 feet by 43 feet on its long sides. It has a closed parapet with a continuous roof, which was originally intended to be open, suggesting a change of plan during construction. The exterior is harled and includes numerous gun-ports, crowsteps on the wing gable that are coped, a moulded segment-headed doorway, a turret at the southeast corner, and a corbelled parapet on the eastern side of the main part. Additionally, there is a columbarium on the south gable.

Inside, a yett remains, and the entrance doorway features a rib and groin vault, while the remainder of the ground floor is barrel-vaulted. The hall has been reduced in size and was re-ceiled and refitted, likely in 1726. It has an interesting plan with wall chambers and a mural gallery on the second floor.

The gateway, dated 1726, is arched and rusticated, incorporating coats of arms that were re-inserted from 1667, and features ball-finials. A 16th-century figure putting shot is also adjacent to the gateway.

The east wing, probably built in 1726, is three storeys high with three windows facing east, constructed of ashlar with margins and a moulded eaves course. Alterations were made in 1906, and the wallhead was raised in 1942 after fire damage, with the original roof being a very high peind. Inside, there is a notable Adam-type chimney piece and a good stone stair with a wooden rail.

The central part of the castle, ascribed to Archibald Simpson in 1832, is a single-storey ashlar structure in the Jacobean style, which was gutted in 1942 and subsequently rebuilt. The west wing, built in 1908, is a plain, flat-roofed two-storey addition.