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Field Visit
Date August 1987
Event ID 1102804
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1102804
The roofless ruin of this late 17th-century laird's house stands beside the farm track 550m WNW of Mains of Rattray steading. It is rectangular on plan measuring 12.40m by 5.65m over clay-bonded walls 0.75m thick, two storeys and an attic in height, and originally had a symmetrical five-bay frontage. The lintel of the entrance-doorway bears a weathered armorial on which, in 1967, the date 1694 and the inscription DAVID (CRIC)HTON were still legible. A number of roll-mouldings, notably in the NW gable, are probably also of this period. In the early 18th century and later the building was remodelled and extended. An out-building, 28m to the W, which is probably of late 18th- or early 19th-century date, incorporates a chamfer-arrised fireplace and a gun-loop.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) August 1987.
