Elcho Steading, Horsemill. General view.

Description Elcho Steading, Horsemill. General view.

Date 1975 to 1976

Collection List C Survey

Catalogue Number SC 1653888

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 9275

Scope and Content Round byre and horse-mill, Elcho, Perth & Kinross Elcho Castle Home Farm is mainly of interest as part of its setting adjacent to the castle. The buildings date largely from the late 18th century and early 19th century, with later additions. The architect was W M Mackenzie. This shows the north wall of the quadrangle featuring an unusual round byre (right) and a later round, conical-roofed horse mill (left), with its open sides later filled in. Horse engines were quite common in this period and were used to power threshing machines. There was an underground waterwheel of over 6m in diameter here too, but it was filled in in 1966. Elcho Castle probably housed tenants and farm labourers after it was no longer used by members of the Wemyss family. Nevertheless, it continued to be important to the family since, until quite recently, the heirs of the Earls of Wemyss bore the title of Lord Elcho. It was re-roofed in about 1830 by the 8th Earl. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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