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Monzie Castle

Country House (18th Century), Tower House (17th Century)
Monzie Castle
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Monzie Castle is a category A listed building near Monzie in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It combines an early 17th-century L-plan tower house with a much larger castellated mansion added in 1797–1800. The older section still shows its 1634 date, heraldic shields and a staircase that climbs through rubble walls thick enough to hide chambers. The newer section was damaged by fire in 1908 and rebuilt over four years, giving the castle two distinct voices in stone.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Monzie Castle as Country House (18th Century), Tower House (17th Century). 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.
Monzie Castle, located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, was originally a 17th-century tower house that was later expanded into an 18th-century country house, likely by the Monzie family, who held the estate for several generations. It is remembered as a fine example of Scottish domestic architecture and as a historic seat associated with the local landed gentry.

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