Couston Castle
Couston Castle is an L-shaped tower block in the northeast of Dalgety Bay on Otterston Loch in the Scottish county of Fife . The castle was built on the site of an older building at the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century.
history
Couston Castle was built on land that Robert de London , an illegitimate son of King William the Lion (1143-1214), received in 1199. The latter leased the land to Roger Frebern .
The castle initially belonged to the Logans of Restalrig , but later fell to the Earls of Moray . In the 16th century there was a fortified castle with artillery protection. King James V confirmed a charter to James Logan of Couston , whose family then lived in Couston Castle. During this time, the castle was largely rebuilt in the form you can see it today. During the second half of the 17th century, Robert Blair , a member of the Presbyterian clergy who was a former tutor of the future King Charles I of England , lived there. He died in the castle in 1666.
The north wing of the building is said to date from the 18th century. The castle was in good condition until the 1830s, when most of the southern end of the building was demolished in order to obtain building blocks for new farm buildings. In 1980 Alastair Harper , a Dunfermline merchant , bought the tower block and began restoring it. After many years of dilapidation, the castle was restored in 1985 by architect Ian Begg and converted into a residential building. In 2002 further renovations and extensions were completed.
Historic Scotland has listed Couston Castle as a Category C Historic Building.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 154.
- ↑ a b c Couston Castle . In: Gazetteer of Scotland . Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 56 ° 3 '2.2 " N , 3 ° 20' 14.3" W.