What is recorded here

Cochrane Tower stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house, its red walls marking Johnstone and Red House across the centuries. The structure still holds the shape of medieval defiance, though no public entrance is certain. It may have sheltered lovers, hidden ledgers or witnessed battles now forgotten. The stones remember more than any record captures.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Johnstone, Red House, Cochrane Tower as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Cochrane Tower, part of the Johnstone, Red House complex in Scotland, was built by the Cochrane family in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and reflects the regional defensive and social architecture of the medieval period.

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