Castle of Park (Aberdeenshire)
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Park or Castle of Park, is a rambling baronial mansion incorporating a 16th-century tower house. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1]
History
The site was first built in 1292. In 1563 it was rebuilt as a Z-plan tower house, and it was extended in 1723,[2] and in 1829 and later.[1] The building was owned by the Gordons. Sir William Gordon, 3rd Baronet fought for the Jacobites during the Jacobite rising of 1745. The property was forfeited, and the property was acquired by the Duffs.[1]There are several Victorian additions, though the 12 Georgian windows are still clearly in evidence. Today, roughly 45 acres and several 250 year old sycamore trees remain of what was once the vast estate of Park.
Structure
The castle incorporated in the newer mansion is a Z-plan tower house,[1] dating from the 1563 rebuilding.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Coventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 p.276
- ^ a b "Park House". Canmore. Retrieved 23 October 2019.