Lochhouse Tower
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 Lochhouse Tower 2006 |
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| Creation time : | around 1550 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Moffat | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 18 '54.3 " N , 3 ° 27' 2.1" W | |
| Height: | 106 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Lochhouse Tower is a tower house near Moffat in the Scottish administrative division of Dumfries and Galloway .
history
The Johnstones of Core Head left the Tower House built mid-16th century.
In the 1970s, the castle was converted into a private residence. Historic Scotland has listed Lochhouse Tower as a Category B Historic Building.
description
The Lochhouse Tower has a rectangular floor plan with rounded corners. The building has three full floors and an attic. There is a pillar slab on the ground floor and the second floor is set back a little. At the approach to the roof, a balustrade of consoles runs around the building. The ground floor has a vaulted ceiling . The entrance leads to a staircase supported by a central column and to the wall chambers.
The building was made of quarry stone and has a slate roof.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lochhouse Tower, Moffat . CastleUK.net. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
swell
- Martin Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland . 3. Edition. Goblinshead, Musselburgh 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 .
- AMT Maxwell-Irving: The Border Towers of Scotland , Creedon Publications, 2000. ISBN 1-899316-31-0 .
