Glenborrodale Castle

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 23/06/1980 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Ardnamurchan NGR NM 60625 60888 Coordinates 160625, 760888 — Sydney Mitchell, 1898. Tall, asymmetrical Scottish Baronial mansion of varying heights running east-west on south facing sloping site. At west, 5-storey and attic tower, flanked at east by 2-storey and attic 3-bay block which in turn is linked by low service wing to further square tower (Turret House) to east. All red bullfaced rubble with tooled or polished ashlar dressings. Principal entrance in projecting square porch with segmental headed doorway in near centre of irregular, gabled north elevation, with single storey service wing extended to east, linking with Turret House. South elevation: raised ground floor opens to balustraded terrace with curved flight stairs descending to garden and further terraces. Transomed and mullioned tripartites under relieving arches in ground floor. Circular drum tower rises full height at SW angle with (raised) ground floor, 1st and 2nd floor bipartites linked vertically by decorative architraves with Jacobean detailing, and with deep panelled aprons with strapwork, carved roses and thistles between, topped by shaped pediment above 2nd floor window. Angle drum tower rises into 3rd storey as octagon with engaged Jacobean column detailing at angles. Deep corbelled and crenellated wallhead with cannon water spouts. Canted fenestrated SE angle abutting another drum tower rising to corbelled square caphouse with crowsteps and end stacks. Various segmentally pedimented dormers north and south with finials. Turret House; roughly square, 2-storey tower house linked to main building; exaggerated corbelled and crenellated wallhead, angle square and rounded bartizans and stair turret projectin

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.