Castle Of Mey

The Castle of Mey, likely built between 1566 and 1572, features various additions and alterations from the 17th, 18th, 19th, and mid-20th centuries. This three-storey building with an attic has a central block with three bays, complemented by a 16th-century, five-storey square tower at the southeast corner. To the west, there is a two-storey, wide single-bay dining room wing that is crenellated and includes angle bartizans, added around 1954.

The southeast tower is also crenellated and features modern glazing. At the rear, two wings project, creating a narrow wallhead and a regular arrangement of later single-bay windows on the south elevation. The baronial porch, designed by architect William Burn in 1819, showcases round-arched detailing. The entrance hall on the southwest side includes a round-headed entrance flanked by round-headed windows and double-leaf doors within a projecting canted porch, topped by a five-light arcaded window.

A two-storey wing extends at the rear, forming two sides of a high-walled rear court, which features a round-headed entrance beneath a crenellated wallhead. The building has piended dormers that rise through the wallhead, sash and case windows with multi-pane glazing, and gun loops in the south elevation of the central block and the tower. The structure is finished with coped end and ridge stacks and has slate roofs.