Cramond Tower

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Cramond Tower

Cramond Tower is a 15th-century residential tower in the village of Cramond, northwest of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh .

history

The area around the residential tower had been inhabited since Roman times; remains from this period can be found in the area. The tower was probably built in the late 15th or early 16th century, mainly as a defensive facility. However, it could also have originated earlier and was first mentioned in a document in 1409. The tower was once part of the summer residence of the Bishop of Dunkeld .

In 1622 the Cramond Tower became the property of James Inglis , an Edinburgh merchant. He had the tower rebuilt so that it was more suitable for residential purposes: he had windows enlarged and additional ones built in and protrusions added to increase the living space. His grandson moved to nearby Cramond House in 1680, and the tower was not inhabited for the next 300 years.

In 1837 James Skene painted the Cramond Tower as a romantic ruin and in the middle of the 20th century the tower was in a poor state of preservation. In the 1960s, Edinburgh City Council had a concrete cap placed on the roof and the vegetation removed.

In 1978, Eric Jamieson , an amateur antiquarian, bought the tower. From 1979 to 1981 it was converted into a private residence by the architects Robert Hurd & Partners .

In 2011 the Cramond Tower was damaged by fire.

description

The castle is a five-storey residential tower with an almost square floor plan of 7.6 meters × 7.6 meters and walls up to 1.5 meters thick. In the southwest corner there is a round staircase that protrudes from the building. The ground floor is currently used as a warehouse, the first floor as a living room, the second floor as a kitchen and the third and fourth floors as bedrooms and bathrooms. As part of the restoration, the tower was again provided with a sloping roof. In the 1990s, a stone extension was created on the east side.

Historic Scotland has listed Cramond Tower as a Category B Historic Building.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Edinburgh: Survey of Gardens and Designed Landscapes (034 Cramond) (PDF) edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  2. ^ John Philip Wood: The antient and modern state of the parish of Cramond . 1794. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. ^ A b c Edinburgh, Cramond, Kirk Cramond, Cramond Tower . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ a b c d Cramond Tower - A Derelict Property - Rescued, Restored and Reoccupied . Scottish Castles Association. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.scottishcastlesassociation.com
  6. ^ Cramond Tower . Capital Collections. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  7. ^ Fire causes damage to Cramond Tower in Edinburgh . In: BBC News . December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ a b Cramond Tower . scottish-taxidermy.co.uk. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  9. ^ Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1994. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 167.

Web links

Commons : Cramond Tower  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′ 43.6 "  N , 3 ° 17 ′ 53.2"  W.