View of keep from West. Digital image of D 47352 CN.

Description View of keep from West. Digital image of D 47352 CN.

Date 24/2/1999

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

Catalogue Number SC 760019

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 47352 CN

Scope and Content Keep from west, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the keep, with its iron yett over the arched entrance surmounted by a carved stone family coat of arms. A row of four dormer windows break the roofline of the gatehouse, their carved pediments leading the eye up to the tall keep with its castellated battlements and corner turret. The keep of the original castle was refurbished and made habitable for Queen Victoria's visit in September 1842. A new 'cap house' chamber was built under the sloping roof, and an upper floor was added. Lord Willoughby de Eresby led the Queen's carriage through this archway on her arrival, where she was met by the Drummond clansmen in the inner court. 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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