Dundarg Castle (House) Aberdour, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Dundarg Castle (House) has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 330212 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 34
- Canmore ID
- 184893
- Category
- B
- Name
- Dundarg Castle (house)
- Parish
- Aberdour
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Easting
- 389482
- Northing
- 864838
- Date Listed
- 16 April 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1937-8. 2-storey, castellated house constructed mainly of re-used material, the masonry mostly from former Aberdour Free Church and with interior fittings from there and elsewhere. Dark whinstone rubble, extensive use of tooled grey granite dressings. Asymmetrical, wide, 3-bay S elevation with recessed centre block with Tudor arched entrance with panelled door and re-used coat of arms above. Advanced and gabled bay at right (E) with 2 ground and 2 1st floor windows; W bay formed by S elevation of 2-storey square tower with SE angle bartizan at 1st floor level incorporating chimney. Crenellated wallhead to tower and centre portion of S elevation. Principal entrance in W gable; pointed-headed doorway with double-leaf panelled door set in shallow gabled doorpiece, reconstructed from the Free Church. Regular fenestration with small windows in asymmetrical N elevation. Most 1st floor windows are pointed-headed; 4- and 12-pane glazing. Coped centre stack; slate roof with tiled ridge. Arched carriage entrance to forecourt W of tower, central bellcote (with bell) links house to rubble screen wall. INTERIOR: entrance hall (in base of tower) with RAF crest above fireplace and long stair window with re-used stained glass incorporating small RAF crest. Panelled passage and drawing room, all panelling together with door frames, panelled doors re-used from elsewhere. Granite chimneypiece in drawing room with scroll balusters supporting mantel shelf and carved Tudor style over-mantel. Extensive re-use of wooden fittings upstairs, with (?medieval) cresting to landing balustrade, and further re-use of doors, door frames and chimneypieces with over-mantels.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Dundarg Castle, the promontory fort with associated moat is a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 2450. The house is sited within the scheduled area. Dundarg Castle (House) built by Air Vice Marshall Carnegie in 1937-8 mainly from the demolished Aberdour Free Church. Panelled doors, dados, moulded door frames etc came from other sources. The small RAF crest inserted in a window in the entrance hall recalls the Service connection of its builder. The bell in the arched entrance bellcote is inscribed 'Loughborough 1869'. Re-scheduled area 29th. January 2004.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Information by courtesy of present owner.
