Terpersie Castle
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 Terpersie Castle |
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| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | plastered | |
| Place: | Tullienessle | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 16 '12.7 " N , 2 ° 45' 8.6" W | |
| Height: | 210 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Terpersie Castle is a 16th century tower house in the village of Tullynessle , about 3 miles northwest of Alford in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category A Historic Building.
history
The small Tower House with a Z-shaped floor plan was built by the Gordon clan in 1561 . In 1665 it was restored after a fire. It was abandoned after 1885 and fell into disrepair for most of the 20th century. In the 1980s, the architects William Cowie Partnership restored the castle as a residential building.
description
Terpersie Castle is one of the first tower houses with a Z-shaped floor plan. It consists of a rectangular main block with round towers on opposite corners. The main block of Terpersie Castle has a footprint of 8.5 meters by 5.5 meters and the two round towers have a diameter of 5.2 meters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Terpersie Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
Web links
- W. Douglas Simpson: Two Donside Castles . In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland . Pp. 93-103. 1942.