Login | Register
Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Kinnaird Castle

  • Details
  • Collections
  • Images

Country House (Period Unassigned), Policies (Post Medieval)

Site Name Kinnaird Castle

Classification Country House (Period Unassigned), Policies (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 35733

Site Number NO65NW 21

NGR NO 63411 57116

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35733

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
Canmore Disclaimer. © Bluesky International Limited 2025. Public Sector Viewing Terms

Toggle Aerial | View on large map
  • Correction

Digital Images

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the enclosure and rig with Kinnaird Castle adjacent, looking to the SE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the enclosure and rig with Kinnaird Castle adjacent, looking to the SE.Interior. South wing. Ground floor.Interior. South wing. Ground floor.Interior. South wing.Interior. Ground floor. Detail of entrance hall fireplaceInterior. 2nd floor. LandingInterior. 1st floor. Former drawing roomDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelView from SDetail of date plaqueView of courtyardDetail of gate pier finialInterior. South wing. Ground floorDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelView from NWInterior. Ground floor. View of entrance hallInterior. Ground floor. View of long hall from SInterior. 1st floor. Drawing roomGeneral oblique aerial view from a distance of Kinnaird Castle estate and policies, centred on Kinnaird Castle, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle estate, centred on Kinnaird Castle, taken from the NW.General view of Kinnaird Castle.General oblique aerial view of IKinnaird House policies, looking SW.Oblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle and policies, looking ESE.Aerial view.Aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the ring ditches and rig at Kinnaird Park with Kinnaird Castle and Policies adjacent, looking to the SSE.General oblique aerial view centred on the country house with the policies and gardens adjacent, taken from the SSW.Interior. South wing. Ground floor.Interior. Ground floor. View of vaulted room.Interior. South wing, detail of stair and jack arched ceilingInterior. South wing, 1st floor levelDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelGarden statueGarden benchDetail of gate pier finialView of S frontage from SSEView of courtyardView of conservatory from SWInterior. South wing. Ground floorInterior. South wing, view from 1st floorInterior. South wing, view of stairInterior. Ground floor. View of entrance hallInterior. Ground floor. View of long hall from S (room lights off)Interior. Ground floor. View of billiard roomInterior. 1st floor. Former libraryInterior. Ground floor. South wing. PassageGeneral oblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle and policies, looking NNE.Aerial view.Aerial view.Aerial view.Kinnaird Castle, MontroseInterior. 1st floor. Former library, view from NDetail of armourial panelDetail of armourial panelView of SW frontage from SWView from WNWDetail of passage to conservatoryGame larderView from SWView from SDetail of armourial panelView of porte cochereInterior. Ground floor. View of long hall from NInterior. Ground floor. View of N end of long hall showing fireplace and seatingInterior. Ground floor. View of staircaseInterior. View of staircase from half landingInterior. 1st floor passageFirst floor plan (partial)General oblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle estate, centred on Kinnaird Castle, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of avenues leading to the country house, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of avenues leading to the country house, taken from the NNE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the ring ditches and rig at Kinnaird Park with Kinnaird Castle and Policies adjacent, looking to the SSE.General oblique aerial view centred on the country house with the policies and gardens adjacent, taken from the NW.Interior. Ground floor. Detail of floor showing drainage channels.Interior. 1st floor. Former library, detail of fireplaceInterior. 1st floor. Former library from SInterior. Ground floor. Wine cellarDetail of window pedimentDetail of decorative carved beastsView of courtyardView from NWDetail of main SW gateDetail of ironwork on gateBench set into wallInterior. South wingInterior. South wing. Ground floorDetail of armourial panels over main N entranceInterior. Ground floor. View of entrance lobbyInterior. Ground floor. Servants hallGeneral oblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle estate, centred on Kinnaird Castle, taken from the E.Aerial view.Kinnaird Castle, NO65NW 21, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of Kinnaird Castle.General oblique aerial view centred on the country house with the policies and gardens adjacent, taken from the SW.Interior. South wing. Ground floor.

First 100 images shown. See the Collections panel (below) for a link to all digital images.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Farnell
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO65NW 21 6340 5710.

NO65NW 21.01 6370 5710 Walled Garden

NO65NW 21.02 6350 5685 Kennels

NO65NW 21.03 6396 5711 East Lodge

NO65NW 21.04 6164 5862 North Lodge

NO65NW 21.05 6176 5684 West Lodge

NO65NW 21.06 6265 5694 Deer Park Cottage

NO65NW 21.07 629 569 Cultivation Remains

NO65NW 21.08 6307 5687 Avenues

NO65NW 21.09 62903 57618 Wood Cottage

NO65NW 21.10 63100 57486 Montrose view, Gazebo

NO65NW 21.11 63375 57107 Flora Statue

NO65NW 21.12 63089 57716 Over-Bridge

NO65NW 21.13 63039 57715 Sundial (horizontal)

NO65NW 21.14 63495 56336 Private Burial Ground

NO65NW 21.21 63401 57066 Sundial (facet-head)

(NO 634 571) Kinnaird Castle (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1970)

Kinnaird Castle is of uncertain origin but charters show that a mansion existed in the 14th century and a castle by 1409, when the estate was granted to the Carnegies with whom it remains.

The castle was destroyed by fire in 1452 but was rebuilt before 1497 and extensive additions were made in the 16th and 17th century's.

Modern work, which includes the transferring of the main entrance from the west front of the south, the heightening of the central tower and the erecting of/sloping roofs on the flanking towers, has consideraly altered the castle but early work is still incorporated in the structure.

The vaulted passage which now forms the entrance from the south was probably a portion of the castle rebuilt in the 15th century. and may be even earlier.

A H Millar 1890.

Kinnaird Castle, occupied by the Earl of Southesk, is wholly modern externally but Gourlay confirmed that 15th-16th century walls are incorporated.

Visited by OS (J L D) 24 June 1958.

Air photographs: AAS/97/07/G14/7-10 and AAS/97/07/CT.

NMRS, MS/712/29.

Further Details

Architecture Notes

NMRS NOTES:

Owner: Earl of Southesk

Architect: David Bryce (additions) 1853/69, 1856 large addition

James Playfair 1786-91

Andrew Kidd (superintendant of new part of castle)

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office:

James Playfair writes that he is making designs for Sir David Carnegie's house. In a letter he notes that Sir David is highly pleased with his designs.

1785 GD 151/11/32

Further Details

Activities

Watching Brief (5 March 2009)

NO 63411 57116 (centred on) A watching brief was undertaken on 5 March 2009 during the excavation of a waste water pipe trench in a corridor in the S wing of the castle. The wing is known to contain 15th-century remains but was badly damaged in a fire in the 1920s. The excavation revealed a thick 19th-century foundation deposit but no earlier deposits were recorded.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Lord Southesk

Tamlin Barton – SUAT Ltd

Further Details

References

MyCanmore Image Contributions


Contribute an Image

MyCanmore Text Contributions


Contribute Text