I am going to break down the posting to smaller amounts and therefore more parts because the connection has a hard time uploading the photos. These castles all took place within two days. Here Bill and I have a blast at this ruin which had a junior high school class of girls on a field trip with teachers. They had to find the various rooms in the castle on a sheet provided by the teachers.
TOLQUHON CASTLE
Aberdeenshire is graced by many historic castles, but Tolquhon is one of the most picturesque. It served as a noble residence for some 300 years. The oldest part is the stump of an early 15th-century tower house, probably built by one of the Prestons of Formartine, who once held the barony. However, the castle visitors can see today was built by Sir William Forbes, 7th Lord of Tolquhon. In 1584, he instigated a comprehensive rebuilding programme which, when completed six years later, gave to William and his spouse, Elizabeth, a house that was amongst the finest of its day.
The new ‘warke’ (work) was built by William Forbes, 7th Lord, in the 1580s. It is a very picturesque castle, with an almost fairytale feel about it. William Forbes’s architect, Thomas Leiper, dispensed with the more traditional tower-house design favoured by his predecessors and most of his contemporaries. Instead he adopted the idea of a rectangular, three-storey residential block complemented by other ranges of buildings grouped around a central courtyard. This arrangement provided the lord and lady with a more horizontal form of living than was achievable in the old tower house.
One innovation was the provision of galleries (indoor recreation spaces) on the first floor of the west and north ranges, accessible from the family’s private apartment in the south block. Beyond the courtyard, Sir William had a formal garden and a large walled pleasing built, to complement the house itself.
TOLQUHON CASTLE
Aberdeenshire is graced by many historic castles, but Tolquhon is one of the most picturesque. It served as a noble residence for some 300 years. The oldest part is the stump of an early 15th-century tower house, probably built by one of the Prestons of Formartine, who once held the barony. However, the castle visitors can see today was built by Sir William Forbes, 7th Lord of Tolquhon. In 1584, he instigated a comprehensive rebuilding programme which, when completed six years later, gave to William and his spouse, Elizabeth, a house that was amongst the finest of its day.
The new ‘warke’ (work) was built by William Forbes, 7th Lord, in the 1580s. It is a very picturesque castle, with an almost fairytale feel about it. William Forbes’s architect, Thomas Leiper, dispensed with the more traditional tower-house design favoured by his predecessors and most of his contemporaries. Instead he adopted the idea of a rectangular, three-storey residential block complemented by other ranges of buildings grouped around a central courtyard. This arrangement provided the lord and lady with a more horizontal form of living than was achievable in the old tower house.
One innovation was the provision of galleries (indoor recreation spaces) on the first floor of the west and north ranges, accessible from the family’s private apartment in the south block. Beyond the courtyard, Sir William had a formal garden and a large walled pleasing built, to complement the house itself.
Th way it looked a long
The path....
The library fireplace..
Bill on one of the upper floors...
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