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Latitude: 54.7941 / 54°47'38"N
Longitude: -4.411 / 4°24'39"W
OS Eastings: 245089
OS Northings: 547025
OS Grid: NX450470
Mapcode National: GBR HJH1.66X
Mapcode Global: WH3V7.6RRM
Plus Code: 9C6QQHVQ+MH
Entry Name: Old Place of Sorbie Also Known As Sorbie Tower
Listing Date: 20 July 1972
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 353478
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB19181
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Sorbie,Old Tower of
Old Tower of Sorbie
ID on this website: 200353478
Location: Sorbie
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Parish: Sorbie
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
Tagged with: Castle Tower house
Late 16th century built for the Hannay family. Roofless 4-storey L-plan towerhouse, largely complete to wallhead. Rubble walling, squared quoins, some openings with roll-moulded jambs, some openings have lost their moulded jambs. L-plan with long wing on N-S axis, shorter projecting wing to SE, with circular stair tower corbelled-out from 1st floor level in re-entrant angle.Doorway in re-entrant angle, some roll-moulded jambs survive, lintel has been lost. Mainly slit windows to ground lighting usual vaulted cellarage and kitchen with large cooking hearth to N wall. Scale and platt stair occupies whole of ground floor of wing, giving access to 1st floor hall, with 2 intra-mural chambers to N gable wall flanking kitchen flue. 2nd floor had 2 chambers, floors above 1st missing. Corbelled footings for angle rounds at NW and SW angles.
Owned and walls made safe by Clan Hannay Society.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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