Mock Military Mansion

Auchans Castle or Auchans House is a mock military mansion of a late 16th century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century.
Auchans House was originally a mid 16th century stone Z-plan tower house, founded by William Wallace of Dundonald and Auchans. Built with materials removed from Dundonald Castle, the long main block, is of three storeys and an attic. With its vaulted basements and being of slightly different construction, it could be part of an earlier building. Flanking its south wall, is a central round stair tower and a terrace which was originally encased by a barmkin wall. In 1640, the house was converted into a L-plan, when Sir William Cochrane of Cowdon, added a wing of three storeys and a garret. In 1667, the wing was extended by the addition of a block with a crow-stepped gable, flanked by a round stair tower and a corbelled-out square, round angle tower. The main entrance in the re-entrant angle, was through a Renaissance-style doorway below an armorial shield in the square stair-turret.
Details of old fireplaces can still be seen inside.
Sadly this once magnificent Scottish baronial residence, is now a complete ruin.
Anyway on to the pictures/video.
















Inside the round tower.
















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Looks a good mooch, well done spotting the inscribed stones, I enjoyed it, Thanks

I love how nature is reclaiming it

smiler said:

Looks a good mooch, well done spotting the inscribed stones, I enjoyed it, Thanks

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Thanks, I always keep an eye out for inscribed initials/dates especially at sites that are hundreds of years old,I dont suppose we'll ever know who BS or TA are and when they wrote it.

Ah...man. That is my sort of place. Nicely captured.

Thedaftexplorers said:

Thanks, I always keep an eye out for inscribed initials/dates especially at sites that are hundreds of years old,I dont suppose we'll ever know who BS or TA are and when they wrote it.

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The 'BS' is late Victorian. The 'TA' - actually TD as shown in some 1930's etchings taken off a set of photographs, must be after 1925 as it is not there in a travel guide published in 1926 and illustrated with photographs taken by the author in the summer of 1925.

wow there's some history there! Thanks enjoyed that

Dirus_Strictus said:

The 'BS' is late Victorian. The 'TA' - actually TD as shown in some 1930's etchings taken off a set of photographs, must be after 1925 as it is not there in a travel guide published in 1926 and illustrated with photographs taken by the author in the summer of 1925.

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Now that is interesting,thanks for letting us know.