Cleish Castle

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Cleish Castle

Cleish Castle is a 16th century residential tower about five kilometers southwest of Kinross and one kilometer west of the settlement of Cleish , in the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross . The Colville family had the castle built and owned it until 1775. In the middle of the 19th century and again in the 20th century it was restored and rebuilt. Listed by Historic Scotland as a Category A Historic Building, it is still in private use today. The property has been included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland .

history

Ownership of the Barony of Cleish has been documented since 1537 when Robert Colville received it from his father, Judge Sir James Colville of Easter Wemyss . The tower is described as "a fine example of a residential tower from the 16th century" and was extended and raised in the early 17th century. The upper dormers are built in 1600. Robert Colville's son, the politician John Colville , conspired against King James VI. , participated in the Raid of Ruthven and later joined Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell , in his attack on Holyrood Palace .

Cleish Castle was sold to the Graham family of Kinross in 1775, who resold it to the Young family about 20 years later . Before 1840 the castle was described as derelict and later restored in the Scottish Baronial Style. The renovation was planned and supervised by John Lessels , an architect from Edinburgh , who also expanded the castle around 1870. Cleish Castle was rebuilt again in the 1970s, but most of the later changes were rebuilt in the 1990s. In 2001 the western extension was replaced.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Cleish Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Rob Macpherson: Colville, John (1542? -1605) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. 2004. doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 6011 . Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Cleish Castle . In: Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved May 4, 2017.

Web links

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Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 55.8 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 45.1"  W.