Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

RAVENSTONE CASTLELB10133

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
20/07/1972
Local Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Planning Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Parish
Glasserton
NGR
NX 40920 44181
Coordinates
240920, 544181

Description

Roofless ruins of large country house, 4 main builds: nucleus of L-plan tower of 16th century, with infill block to re-entrant angle of later 17th century. To N of this block, bow-ended wing added in early 19th century with further large double-pile addition of circa 1875 mirroring 17th century house; this gives near-cruciform plan with arms being early 19th century bow-ended projections.

16TH AND LATER 17TH CENTURY BLOCK: 4 storeys, rubble built, squared ruble quoins, originally L-plan tower with main block lying E-W and jamb projecting to SE. 17th century additions fill in re-entrant angle with new SW block giving symmetrical double-pile entrance front to W. Building line can clearly be seen on S wall.

W ELEVATIONS: redefined as entrance front after later 17th century additions, steps lead to 1st floor entrance and windows regularised to give 3-bay elevation. Some earlier window openings can be seen. Architraved pedimented doorway flanked ty sidelights, modern concrete steps. Windows with raised margins. M-roof linked by narrow, presumably platformed section, crowstepped gables.

N ELEVATION: 3 large roll-moulded windows to 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. Wide-mouth gunloop and small roll-moulded slit windows near ground survive from 16th century.

S ELEVATION: wide 2-bay with roll-moulded door to ground, roll-moulded windows.

EARLY 19TH CENTURY ADDITION: wide double bow ended block with bows to N and S. Rubble built with polished red sandstone margins. 3 window bows. LATER 19TH CENTURY WORK: to E double-pile block balancing earlier work, all single windows.

At time of site visit (1988), building was roofless and internal access impossible. Walls complete to wallhead, stacks mainly at wallhead. Floor had collapsed except vaulted basement to 16th century part.

Statement of Special Interest

A few yards to the N half hidden by a fallen tree are the remains of a horse powered pumping engine for drawing water. Cast-iron underfloor drive mechanism and part of the harness bar survive. The 19th century additions are of lesser merit but the Prestonfield-like early core is of rarity value and historic importance.

References

Bibliography

G Stell, 'Castles and Towers in South West Scotland', TRANSACTIONS of DGNHAS vol LVII, 1982, p75.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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