Craig House
Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craig House
Classification Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Craiges House; Craig Castle; Craiges Castle; The Craig; House Of The Craigs; House Of The Craiges
Canmore ID 36228
Site Number NO75NW 19
NGR NO 70285 56243
NGR Description NO 70285 56243 and NO 70309 56235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 2625148
View from N of N elevation.
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SC 2625149
View from N of N elevation.
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SC 2625151
General view from NNW.
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SC 2625152
View from NNE.
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SC 2625167
Interior. View of second vaulted room from S converted into a library in 2000.
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SC 2625170
View of fourth vaulted room, the former kitchen from SW.
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SC 2625201
Interior. Detail of figurative panel in drawing room door.
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SC 2625202
Interior. View from W of first floor corridor attached to N range.
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SC 2625207
Interior. View of first floor dining room from W.
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SC 2625214
Interior. Detail of first floor dressing room stair to third vaulted room.
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SC 2625219
Interior. Detail of second floor bedroom over the kitchen eighteenth century fireplace.
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SC 2625222
Interior. Detail of N range attic space showing roof structure.
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SC 2625224
Interior. Detail of ground floor boiler room at foot of SW tower.
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SC 2627604
View of E elevation of W range.
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SC 2627610
Interior. View of second vaulted room from N converted into a library in 2000.
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DP 096595
Angus, Craig House. Oblique aerial view of the house and walled gardens.
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SC 2625102
General view from ESE.
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SC 2625106
General view of W tower.
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SC 2625115
View of N range from S.
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SC 2625119
View of W range from SE.
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SC 2625127
General view of E tower from NNW.
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SC 2625142
View from W.
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SC 2625159
Interior. View of entrance hall from SE.
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SC 2625168
Interior. View of third vaulted room from S.
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SC 2625174
Interior. Detail of eighteenth century stair at first floor level.
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SC 2625184
Interior. Detail of first floor pantry showing reveal of earlier entrance door.
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SC 2625198
Interior. Detail of carved door in first floor drawing room made up from different panels of historic carving.
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SC 2625199
Interior. Detail of carved panel and hinges in drawing room door.
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SC 2625206
Interior. View of first floor dining room from SW.
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SC 2625209
Interior. Detail of first floor oriel and coved ceiling in ante room to N of dining room.
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SC 2625215
Interior. Detail of first floor study fireplace.
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SC 2625218
Interior. View of second floor bedroom over the kitchen from N.
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SC 2625226
Interior. Detail of ground floor storeroom fireplace, the nineteenth century kitchen.
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SC 2627614
Interior. Detail of W range attic space showing roof structure.
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SC 1809187
View of approach through E gateway from SE, Craig Castle.
Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
1956
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SC 1809190
View from approach from SE, Craig Castle.
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1956
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SC 2625107
View of W tower and blocked window in S wall.
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SC 2625108
View of W tower from E.
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SC 2625110
Elevated view of W range from E Tower.
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SC 2625117
Detail of E gable of N range showing blocked windows.
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SC 2625120
View of W tower from E.
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SC 2625124
Detail of carved stone depicting an eagle on W range, probably part of an ornamental well-head.
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SC 2625128
General view of E tower from WNW showing raggle of pentice roof.
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SC 2625131
View of E tower from WSW.
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SC 2625136
View from WSW showing N end of W elevation.
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SC 2625140
View from WSW.
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SC 2625153
Detail of W end of N range showing Venetian window and brick archway.
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SC 2625162
Interior. View of staircase from SE.
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SC 2625164
Interior. View of vaulted dining room from S.
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SC 2625165
Interior. Detail of window in vaulted dining room.
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SC 2625166
Interior. Detail of fireplace in vaulted dining room.
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SC 2625185
Interior. Detail of first floor pantry showing reveal of earlier entrance door.
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SC 2625188
Interior. View of first floor morning room from SE.
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SC 2625195
Interior. Detail of first floor drawing room Venetian window.
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SC 2625200
Interior. Detail of carved panel and hinges in drawing room door.
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SC 2625208
Interior. Detail of first floor dining room fireplace.
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SC 2625216
Interior. View of second floor bedroom from SE.
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SC 2627606
Interior. Detail of first floor of E tower showing relieving arch.
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SC 2627609
Interior. View of vaulted dining room from S.
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SC 2627612
Interior. View of first floor drawing room from WSW.
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SC 2627613
Interior. View of second floor corridor in N range from E.
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SC 574055
Detail of 1st floor drawing room venetian window
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SC 1132487
Craig House, Angus: First floor plan
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SC 1132490
Craig House, Angus: Second floor plan
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SC 2625100
View showing house's E tower from N.
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SC 2625112
Elevated view of N range from E Tower
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SC 2625113
General view of N range from SSE.
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SC 2625129
Detail of probable Great Hall fireplace lintel at base of E tower.
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SC 2625133
Interior. Detail of first floor of E tower.
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SC 2625138
View from WSW.
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SC 2625145
Detail of W gable of N range.
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SC 2625156
Interior. View of entrance hall from S.
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SC 2625171
View of fourth vaulted room, the former kitchen from N.
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SC 2625178
Interior. View of first floor kitchen from S.
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SC 2625180
Interior. View of first floor kitchen from NE.
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SC 2625190
Interior. View of first floor morning room fireplace.
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SC 2625192
Interior. View of first floor drawing room from WNW.
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SC 2625193
Interior. View of first floor drawing room from WNW.
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SC 2625196
Interior. Detail of first floor drawing room fireplace installed in 1997.
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SC 2625217
Interior. Detail of eighteenth century stair at second floor level.
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SC 2625223
Interior. Detail of N range attic space showing roof structure.
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SC 2625227
Interior. Detail of ground floor storeroom window.
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2/12/1999
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DP 096593
Angus, Craig House. Oblique aerial view of house and walled gardens.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
9/9/2010
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SC 2411546
Craig House, NO75NW 19, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1958
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SC 2625114
General view of N range from SSE.
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SC 2625122
Detail of 1637 datestone set in ogee arched recess, probably part of an ornamental well-head.
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SC 2625123
Detail of carved stone with initials D C S on W range, probably part of an ornamental well-head.
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SC 2625147
Detail of bay window on W elevation of W range.
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SC 2625158
Interior. View of entrance hall from SE.
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SC 2625183
Interior. Detail of first floor utility room sink.
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SC 2625194
Interior. View of first floor drawing room from E.
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SC 2625221
Interior. Detail of W range attic space showing roof structure.
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SC 2625225
Interior. View of ground floor storeroom from W, the nineteenth century kitchen.
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SC 1132493
Craig House, Angus: North elevation and section
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12/1999
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SC 2411547
Craig House, NO75NW 19, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Verso
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1958
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- Council Angus
- Parish Craig
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 19.00 70285 56243 and 70309 56235
(NO 7028 5623) Craig House (NR)
(NO 7032 5621) Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10000 map (1975).
NO75NW 19.01 NO 70333 56217 Gatehouse
NO75NW 19.02 NO 70334 56231 Stables
NO75NW 19.03 NO 70279 56274 Walled Garden
NO75NW 19.04 NO 70409 56092 South Gates
NO75NW 19.05 NO c. 702 563 Dovecot
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Record Office
House of the Craiges. Contract between Mr James Ogilvie of Cluny and Robert Forrester, plasterer in Dewhouse, regarding work to be done. Additional note on the building of the house.
1691 GD16/27/96
(Undated) information IN NMRS.
Craig House was built in 1637 on part of the footings and incorporating part of the remains of its 16th century predecessor, Craig Castle.
The original building has been an open square in plan with an elongated outer courtyard attached on the east. Two old towers with corbelled parapets and crow-stepped gablets, still occupying the SE and SW angles of the inner courtyard and the enclosing wall stretches between them. The entrance to the inner courtyard has been near the SE tower. The gateway of the outer courtyard with round flanking towers survives on the south.
Craig House is on the L-plan, two storeys and an attic in height, and occupies the north and west ranges of the original courtyard. It bears its date of construction above the entrance on the east wall of the west wing.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1891.
Generally as described the building remains in a fair state of preservation and the house is occupied.
Visited by OS (JLD) 26 June 1958.
Photographic Survey (1956)
Photographs by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.
