Detail of gates from East. Digital image of D 47343 CN.
SC 760024
Description Detail of gates from East. Digital image of D 47343 CN.
Date 28/7/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 760024
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 47343 CN
Scope and Content Gates from east, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the main gates into the castle, which are made from cast iron. The top panel is richly decorated with scrolling plant forms and grotesque masks, the Drummond shield and a crown. The tall gate piers are surmounted by carved stone urns. These gates would be the first part of the estate which visitors would see as they arrived at Drummond, and they are designed to be grand and impressive. Most large country estates have ornate gateways for security, and to serve as examples of the landowners' taste and style. 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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