Tranent Tower
| Tranent Tower | ||
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 The remains of Tranent Tower |
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| Creation time : | 1542 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Sandstone - quarry stone | |
| Place: | Tranquil | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 56 '51.5 " N , 2 ° 57' 20.8" W | |
| Height: | 80 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Tranent Tower is the ruin of a Niederungsburg ( Tower House ) with an L-shaped floor plan from the 16th century in Tranent in the Scottish administrative unit East Lothian . The remains are considered a Scheduled Monument .
history
The Seton clan had the Tranent Tower built on their land in 1542. The Vallance family bought the property in the 16th century and kept it until the 19th century. At some point during this time, the tower also served as a barracks and, at the beginning of the 20th century, as a hayloft.
architecture
The small Tower House is at the end of a street in the town of Tranent that grew around the castle.
On the ground floor there are two rooms with vaulted ceilings . The main block has three floors and the staircase has four. The building has a pantile roof . The knight's hall was on the first floor . Today the tower is in a bad state of preservation. The stair wing is built in the southwest. The entrance is on the south, as are many of the windows. This suggests that the Tower House was enclosed by an enclosure on this side, but there is no further evidence of this.
Tranent Tower, which covers an area of 11.2 meters by 7.6 meters is covered in yellow-beige and brown sandstone fracture built. Presumably there was originally a guard room, which was supported on consoles at the top of the stairs . Later it was converted into a pigeon house with a pent roof . The building has a stepped gable . Until the middle of the 20th century, the roof was still covered with tiles, but it is unlikely that this was the original roof covering and the top floor could have been significantly rebuilt.
Each of the floors is divided by internal walls arranged in a cross shape. These inner walls seem to have been early fixtures. There may have been earlier, less stable cross subdivisions. The knight's hall is equipped with a large, bricked-in, open fireplace, a washbasin , cupboards and a kind of buffet niche in the north wall.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, Musselburgh 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 . P. 402.
- ↑ a b c d e Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Tranent Tower . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
