Udny Castle
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| Creation time : | 14th or 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | plastered | |
| Place: | Udny | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 19 '53.4 " N , 2 ° 11' 50.3" W | |
| Height: | 90 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Udny Castle is a tower house in the parish of Udny , southwest of the village of Pitmedden and northeast of the settlement of Udny Green in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . The area there is mostly flat, but the castle is on a hill and can therefore be seen from afar. The exact year of construction is not known, but its foundations probably date from the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. Later, additional floors were built and an extension called the "modern country house " was added and later demolished. Historic Scotland has listed Udny Castle as a Category A Historic Building.
history
The Tower House, whose exact year of construction is unknown, was built in the 14th or 15th century for the Udny clan . The property is shown for the first time on a charter that Ronald of Uldney had drawn up for King David II .
David McGibbon and Thomas Ross believed that the Tower House was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, but the move in the upper floors and the thickness of the foundation walls suggest that it was built much earlier. The main construction of the tower is said to have dragged on for over 100 years and was carried out for three consecutive lairds. They are said to have "ruined them all".
The Udny family also owned Knockhall Castle and they lived at Udny Castle after Knockhall Castle was destroyed by fire in 1734. Jamie Fleeman , the fool of the laird, saved the family's papers from being destroyed by the fire.
The castle was abandoned around 1775, but repaired again in 1801.
Colonel John Robert Fulleron Udny inherited the property in 1802. He had been an army officer since 1797, but retired in 1812 after his marriage to Emily Fitzhugh . After that, he only visited the property occasionally, as his primary residence was in London . The couple had a son, John Augustus Udny , but he died unmarried in 1859. The Colonel's wife died in 1846 and the Colonel subsequently had an affair with Ann Allat , whom he married on January 2, 1853. The couple also had a son, John Henry Udny , who was born out of wedlock on May 9, 1853. A lawsuit has been brought before the House of Lords demanding that John Henry Udny inherit the property even though his parents were not married when he was born. The legal dispute described how the Colonel wanted to have restoration work carried out on the castle, but could not afford it, "mainly because of his involvement in (horse) racing".
The Colonel died in 1861. The House of Lords had upheld John Henry Udny's lawsuit and he inherited the property because "although he was an illegitimate son, he had subsequently been legitimized by his parents' marriage."
According to the records, the property was owned by John Hay Udny in 1887 and has been in that family for centuries.
Crowd watchtowers were built in the 17th century along with another floor.
A Scottish Baronial Style country house was added in 1874/1875 according to plans by the architect James Maitland Wardrop (from Wardrop and Anderson ), but was demolished again in the 1960s. Wardrop's son, Hew Wardrop , was also an architect and was planning some decorative changes to the castle. On November 4, 1887, he died unexpectedly of appendicitis while the work was being carried out .
In 1964, restoration work began on the original Tower House and the country house was demolished. In April 1971, Historic Scotland added Udny Castle to its Category A Historic Building List.
architecture
The walls of the castle are 2.4 meters thick and the tower built on the top floor has a floor area of 10.5 meters × 12.9 meters. The outer walls of the five-story building are plastered with Harl . Its corner turrets are decorated with decorative consoles .
Details include an arched entrance and a ground floor with a vaulted ceiling . The knight's hall extends over the entire width of the building, is on the 1st floor and is accessible via a straight staircase with a landing. The dimensions of the knight's hall are 8.1 meters × 6.3 meters, and its height is 6 meters to the highest point of the vault. The ceiling of the great hall was redesigned in the Victorian era in the Jacobean style . Some stucco work that was added to Wardrop's designs can still be seen in the vault today. The fireplace was removed from the castle and can now be seen at Maryculter House in Kincardineshire .
Individual evidence
- ^ David McGibbon, Thomas Ross: The Castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . D. Douglas. P. 43, 1887. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c d Castles of Scotland - Udny Castle . britainirelandcastles.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Udny Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ A b David McGibbon, Thomas Ross: The Castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . D. Douglas. P. 45, 1887. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ Restoring castle is a towering challenge . In: The Press and Journal . September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved on February 26, 2018.
- ↑ American Law Review: The American Law Review . Little, Brown. Pp. 678-681. 1870. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ American Law Review: The American Law Review . Little, Brown. P. 688, 1870. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ American Law Review: The American Law Review . Little, Brown. P. 679, 1870. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ Sam McKinstry: Rowand Anderson: the premier architect of Scotland . Edinburgh University Press. P. 120. 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ↑ Hew Wardrop . In: Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland . Samuel Lewis. P. 572, 1846. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ David McGibbon, Thomas Ross: The Castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . D. Douglas. P. 44, 1887. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
