Cleish Castle, Perth And Kinross
Photo © James Allen, 3 May 2006
Cleish Castle, Perth And Kinross
Photo © James Allen, 3
May 2006
Cleish Castle, dating from the 16th century, is L-shaped on plan, the main block measuring 40 1/2ft by 29 1/2ft, and the wing, 20 1/2ft by 28 1/4ft. There was a courtyard to the South; its arched gateway, now filled in, may be seen incorporated in a modern outbuilding. The house is five storeys high, the two lowest storeys possibly being earlier than the remainder as their external angles are rounded off. The masonry is ashlar and the gables crow-stepped.
A dormer pediment, dated 1600, has been inserted on the upper part of the stair-turret;
the upper part of the building may be ascribed to this date. Ruinous before
1840, Cleish Castle was restored about that date and has been inhabited since
then.
D. MacGibbon and T. Ross 1887.