Brechin Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Castle.

Brechin Castle

WRENN ID: tangled-mantel-foxglove
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Angus
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 11 June 1971
Type: Castle
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Quadrangular. W (entrance) frontage 3-storey 11-window

ashlar, centre 3 raised and pedimented with carved

tympanum dated 1711: circular angle towers with conical

roofs and dragon weather vanes. Battlemented flank walls

added mid 19th cent. S. side: 17th cent. remodelled 1854

with long gallery to courtyard and tower addition 1863

on S: S.E. angle early 19th cent. incorporating

fragments of older castle, remodelled 1854-63. E wing

1854-63; N. wing 2-storey with pend, early 19th cent.

raised to 3-storey c. 1854-63. Fine interiors: some 18th

cent. in W. wing, remainder 1854-63 with fine ceilings

cast from moulds made from 16th cent. originals. Archt.

of 1854-63 alterations and additions John Henderson,

Edinburgh.

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