Detail of bell on wall to right of entrance to courtyard. Digital image of D 47361.

Description Detail of bell on wall to right of entrance to courtyard. Digital image of D 47361.

Date 24/2/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 760017

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 47361

Scope and Content Bell next to courtyard entrance, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows a bell on a wrought-iron bracket, which is hung high on the wall to the right of the entrance gateway. When visitors arrived at the castle by carriage, a servant would ring the bell using its long chain, to alert castle staff to open the gates. The carriage would then pass into the inner courtyard where the guests would be met by more servants who would help them remove coats and hats and lead them to their hosts. The gatehouse and keep of the original castle were restored in the 19th century, and passing through the restored 'ancient' gate would have appealed to the Victorian's love of all things medieval and picturesque. Drummond Castle was built c.1490, but the complex of buildings visible today consist of a gatehouse which was added in 1630-6 by architect John Mylne III (1611-67) and an L-plan mansion built for the 4th Earl of Perth in 1689. The mansion was extended in the 18th or early 19th century, and remodelled in the Baronial style into its present form by architect G T Ewing in 1878 and 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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