World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 12 September 2013
Event ID 964166
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/964166
Late 16th/17th century, L-plan four-storey fortress and large tower house. It is rubble-built with angle turrets. The SW wing was built around 1588 with a vaulted basement, heightened in two stages; the pend section is dated 1600, the NE wing around 1684-9 on the site of the keep of 1460. Roof lines and floors altered 1792 and 1799 on conversion first to woollen manufactory, then, by Samuel Bell, to barracks. Restored and harled 1985-8.
The building, having served as barracks from 1793 to 1880 was purchased by the Town Council in 1893 but was requisitioned for use in both First and Second World Wars.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 12 September 2013.
