Castle Grant (3)
Castle Grant these days conforms to what they call the E-plan, or more accurately, three sides of a hollow square. Much of what we see now is 18th century work, but as at Cullen House, within all the later work stands a tall L-plan tower-house (essentially the bit with the scaffolding showing above it).
This view is from the south-west, showing mainly the west side. The gable on the left, with two yellow and two orange chimney pots, is the west end of the original main block, which extends away to the right, but did not include the south facing gable (second chimney stack from the right - with what appears to be a ladder attached to it). The wing originally built off the main block to form the L, is the tower with the corbelled out parapet in the centre of the photo. The garret storey within the parapet was probably originally of one storey, raised to two storeys when all the other additions were made.
Onto the original tower-house was added, in the 18th century, the aforementioned gabled extension at the far end of the main block; the two wings extending to the south (right) to enclose a courtyard; and an enormous extension on the north side (one end of which can be seen on the left), not particularly noticeable from this side, but which more than doubled the accommodation on its own, and took the front of the building from the south side, round to the north side. All the extensions are disappointingly plain and 'barracks-like' from the outside.
Castle Grant (3)
Castle Grant these days conforms to what they call the E-plan, or more accurately, three sides of a hollow square. Much of what we see now is 18th century work, but as at Cullen House, within all the later work stands a tall L-plan tower-house (essentially the bit with the scaffolding showing above it).
This view is from the south-west, showing mainly the west side. The gable on the left, with two yellow and two orange chimney pots, is the west end of the original main block, which extends away to the right, but did not include the south facing gable (second chimney stack from the right - with what appears to be a ladder attached to it). The wing originally built off the main block to form the L, is the tower with the corbelled out parapet in the centre of the photo. The garret storey within the parapet was probably originally of one storey, raised to two storeys when all the other additions were made.
Onto the original tower-house was added, in the 18th century, the aforementioned gabled extension at the far end of the main block; the two wings extending to the south (right) to enclose a courtyard; and an enormous extension on the north side (one end of which can be seen on the left), not particularly noticeable from this side, but which more than doubled the accommodation on its own, and took the front of the building from the south side, round to the north side. All the extensions are disappointingly plain and 'barracks-like' from the outside.