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Latitude: 57.3315 / 57°19'53"N
Longitude: -2.1973 / 2°11'50"W
OS Eastings: 388220
OS Northings: 826789
OS Grid: NJ882267
Mapcode National: GBR N9YB.S2L
Mapcode Global: WH9PQ.6ZXH
Plus Code: 9C9V8RJ3+H3
Entry Name: Udny Castle
Listing Name: Udny Castle
Listing Date: 16 April 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 349623
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15922
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200349623
Location: Udny
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mid Formartine
Parish: Udny
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: Tower house Castle Country house
16th century, perhaps completed very early 17th. Tall harled 4-storey and attic keep approx. 35' x 43' with curved angles, slightly intaken at 2nd floor; richly detailed angle turrets (corbelling of N.E. turret simpler than others) richly corbelled battlement walk S. side only.
Deserted c. 1775, some repairs 1801, incorporated in large baronial mansion H.M. Wardrop (Wardrop and Anderson) 1874-5, Wardrop additions demolished and tower restored G. Bennett Mitchell (John Lamb) 1964-7, interior work now mainly of those dates but main features of plain original, 3-chamber vaulted ground floor and vaulted 1st floor, complex wall stairs and wall chambers, good Wardrop plaster work to hall vault.
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