Careston Castle

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Careston Castle from the south

Careston Castle , also Caraldston Castle , is a residential tower with an L-shaped floor plan in the parish of Careston in the Scottish county of Angus . The building dates from the 16th century.

history

The name is said to come from "Keraldus", the early 13th century Deemster of the Earls of Angus .

Nothing is left of an earlier castle today. The current castle was built around 1582 for Henry Lindsay , who was made Earl of Crawford in 1620 . It later belonged to Sir John Stewart of Grantully , the Skenes , a farmer, and John Adamson , the owner of a whaling ship from Dundee .

architecture

The tower with an L-shaped floor plan originally had three rooms with vaulted ceilings , which were connected by a corridor on the first floor. Today the vault has been removed from one of the rooms. There is a large, straight staircase to the 1st floor, a spiral staircase in the south-west reveal and a private staircase on the north side.

Careston Castle is famous for its mantelpiece. The one in the great hall has a rich cornice and an overhang with the royal coat of arms of Scotland. There are also beautiful mantels in the dining room, as well as in the middle and east bedroom on the 2nd floor. These mantels are said to have been made according to the designs in the second book by Jacques I. Androuet du Cerceau from 1561. Campbell also cites that Careston Castle contains two of Cerceau's house designs in the style of its facade and floor plan. Two wings of the building were demolished.

Historic Scotland has listed Careston Castle as a Category A Historic Building.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Careston Castle . In: Canmore . Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 46.
  3. ↑ Andrew Jervise: Land of the Lindsays . Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. ^ I. Campbell: From du Cerceau to du Cerceau: Scottish Aristocratic Architectural Taste, c. 1570-c.1750 in Architectural Heritage 26 . 2015. pp. 58–60.
  5. ^ I. Campbell: From du Cerceau to du Cerceau: Scottish Aristocratic Architectural Taste, c. 1570-c.1750 in Architectural Heritage 26 . 2015. p. 65.
  6. ↑ Careston Castle . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved April 13, 2017.

Coordinates: 56 ° 43 ′ 30 "  N , 2 ° 45 ′ 35.8"  W.