Methven Castle
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 Methven Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1664 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | plastered | |
| Place: | Methven | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 25 '0.5 " N , 3 ° 33' 17.6" W | |
| Height: | 85 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Methven Castle is a low castle east of the village of Methven in the Scottish administrative division of Perth and Kinross . The current building was built in the 17th century.
history
The Methven lands had belonged to the Mowbray family since the 12th century. The Mowbrays backed John Balliol's claim to the Scottish throne against Robert the Bruce and, when he won, Methven was confiscated by the crown and given to Walter Stewart , Robert the Bruce's son-in-law. His descendant, Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl , forfeited his lands after his involvement in a conspiracy to murder King James I. The castle was besieged in 1444 and King James II was a guest there in 1450. King James IV visited them several times in the 1490s.
Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), daughter of King Henry VII of England , Queen of Scotland and wife of James IV, after her third marriage to Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven in 1528 , also lived at Methven Castle . She died on the castle on October 18, 1541. After the 3rd Lord Methven died in 1584 without an heir, King James VI. Castle and lands at his favorite, Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox . In 1664 Patrick Smythe from Braco bought the property.
The current building dates from 1664 and was designed and built by the architect and builder John Mylne (1611–1667). It could contain older parts of the building. The Smythe family kept the castle throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, adding to the castle and redesigning the property. In 1923 the castle was sold and passed through different hands until 1984; then it was restored. The east wing was demolished, just like the west wing had already happened in the 1950s, so that only the 17th century building remained, which received a new roof. Today the castle belongs to David Murdoch and Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category A Historic Building.
description
Methven Castle consists of a main square block with four stories and thin round towers at each corner. These have keel-arched roofs and the entire building is plastered with Harl . Two stepped gables are built into the north facade , which are connected by a balustrade . The east wing was added first and then a bay extension to the west , which was built in 1815, presumably by James Gillespie Graham . Graham drew plans for a renovation of the entire building, which was never realized. The castle also had a clock tower, but it was demolished in 1965. The interior of the castle was redesigned in 1800; only one staircase remains from the original building interior.
Park and gardens
At the end of the 18th century a park was created around the castle. David Smythe, Lord Methven , had a lot of sparse forest planted and an enclosed garden was created in 1796. In 1830 a pinetum - an arboretum made of conifers - was laid out; it is considered the first of its kind in Scotland. David Smyhe's son, William , had the park and gardens expanded by building greenhouses . Although the open forest was tended into the 20th century, the gardens were neglected and many trees fell over in the 1950s, including in the Pinetum. The largest tree that has survived to this day is the Pepperwell Oak with a trunk circumference of 6.94 meters (measured in 1985). The park and gardens are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c K. LS Murdoch: Methven Castle . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Methven Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ a b Garden and Designed Landscape - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
