Blair Castle. Oblique aerial photograph.
SC 1689412
Description Blair Castle. Oblique aerial photograph.
Date 1982
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1689412
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of PT 12023
Scope and Content Aerial view of Blair Castle, Perth & Kinross, from south-west This shows the harled and whitewashed castle (centre) and its home farm, or 'mains' (bottom right). A screen of trees conceals the farm from the view of people in the castle. A tennis court can clearly be seen in the centre of the lawn. The grounds are landscaped to include areas of woodland, parkland, and grazing for animals (top right). Blair Castle evolved from a fortress to a palace as times became more peaceful, and fashions changed enough to prompt the landowner to alter his surroundings to keep up with the current ideals in architecture and design. For example, the mid-18th-century plasterwork interiors by Thomas Clayton reflect the Rococo style once favoured, and the baronial exterior reflects the fashionable Victorian ideal of a Romantic medieval castle. Blair Castle, the seat of the Dukes of Atholl, was begun in 1269, extended in the 15th and 16th centuries, and remodelled to resemble a Georgian mansion by architect James Winter in the mid-1700s. The south-east wing was built in 1743-5, and rebuilt to include a clock-tower to designs by architect Archibald Elliot in 1814 after a fire. The castle was 're-baronialised' to designs by architect David Bryce in 1869-71, who also designed the ballroom (1826-7). It was modified again in 1886 (J C Walker), 1904-5 (J McIntyre Henry) and 1920-1 (Sir Robert Lorimer). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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