Bavelaw Castle
Bavelaw Castle is a country house north of Hare Hill in the Pentland Hills , about 6.5 km west of Penicuik and 3 km south of Balerno , above the Threipmuir Reservoir in the Scottish administrative unit of Edinburgh .
Details
A previous house on this site belonged to the Braids , then to the Fairlies , but then by marriage to the Forresters of Niddry . From them it was in the 16th century to the Mowbray of Barnbougle and then to the family Dundas , presumably the residential tower were built with L-shaped floor plan, which is still the core of the country house today. In 1628 the property fell to the Scotts from Harperigg .
Mary Stuart and King James VI both stayed at Bavelaw Castle.
Over time, Bavelaw Castle fell into ruin, but was restored and expanded for Sir Robert Lorimer around 1900 . He had the former outbuildings connected to the original residential tower, installed larger windows, built a tourelle to increase the space in the attic and converted the basement.
Today Bavelaw Castle is owned by the Douglas-Miller family , the previous owners of the Jenners department store chain . Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category A Historic Building.
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Coventry, Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans . Goblinshead, Musselburgh, Scotland 2008, ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search - illustrated).
- ↑ Bavelaw Castle . Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 3.9 " N , 3 ° 19 ′ 53.5" W.