Towie Barclay Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. House. 1 related planning application.

Towie Barclay Castle

WRENN ID
ragged-footing-linden
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 November 1972
Type
House
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Dated 1593. Lower half of large L-plan rubble-built tower

house, two storeys, upper part and gable of east wing demolished

  1. Present east gable, upper floor of wing and battlemented

parapet with bartizans, James Duncan 1874. Restored, harled

with dressings exposed, J J Meldrum 1971-73, main jamb 44' x

34', lying N-S, ground floor vaulted in 2 compartments,

passage on east side with rib-vault over entrance, 2 turnpike

stairs at S end; 1st floor hall, 20' x 30', has high rib-vault

in 2 compartments, oratory (or 'piper's gallery' in some

descriptions) in elevated rib-vaulted window embrasure over

screens passage at E end, quatrefoil balcony is Duncan

restoration. Outbuilding with short single-storey link to tower

adjoins on north.

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