Dalcross Castle

Dalcross Castle is a tall L-plan castle that likely has two construction phases, one from the late 16th century and another around 1620, with later additions and a restoration attributed to W L Carruthers in 1896. The castle is built of red rubble with tooled and polished ashlar dressings. The main entrance is located in the re-entrant angle and features a doorway with a filleted roll to the moulded door jambs, a stepped hoodmould displaying a coat of arms from 1720, and a small vent above. The entrance is well defended, flanked by various gun loops and slits.

The west garden front of the castle has a regular three-bay layout, with some windows dating from the 1896 restoration. There are three late 19th-century pedimented dormers, marked with the dates 1620, 1703, and 1896. The west front of the lower wing has irregular fenestration, including a four-light dining room window. There is an off-centre rear door to the wing, which has a lintel dated 1703.

The castle features catslide dormers, multi-pane glazing, angle bartizans, coped end and wallhead stacks, and crowstepped slate roofs. There is also a single-storey and attic service block to the north, linked to the north wing by a coped rubble wall that screens the service court.

Inside, the castle has a barrel-vaulted raised basement and a 17th-century yett at the main doorway, which is also secured by a drawbar housed in its original hole. A stone wheel stair is lit by small windows. The first-floor hall occupies the entire west-facing block of the castle and features an ashlar chimney piece with a moulded surround, a coat of arms, and the motto "Je Trouve Bien," along with a tiled surround for the grate. The second floor has been divided into bedrooms, with a corridor along the east wall. The gardens are enclosed by a coped red rubble wall.