Innes House

William Ayton, 1640-53. Large L-plan tower house, 4-storeys,

with 5-storey stairtower in re-entrant angle. Oyster coloured

harling with ashlar dressings and margins. Floors delineated

by string courses, lowered beneath windows; all windows

pedimented, the pediments (some circa 1912) bearing initials

and dates; regular fenestration; diamond-shafted chimneys at

gables; pinnacled skewputts. Tower has pierced wallhead

parapet, pinnacles at three angles and conical-roofed

caphouse at north-west angle.

3-storey canted bay window with crenellated parapet at W

elevation of towerhouse added circa 1825.

Courtyard at rear added soon after 1857 entered through re-

used (circa 1770) archway.

EAST WING: Walker & Duncan, circa 1912, in style sympathetic

to main house. 2-storey and attic wing linked to mansion by

2-storey, 2-bay passge range.

INTERIOR: vaulted ground floor; large 1st floor ballroom

(former 1st floor hall) with no original fittings. 1912

panelled doors.