This
large town house was built in 1582 by Sir Thomas MacLellan of Bombie, Provist of
Kirkcudbright. Tradition states that some of the fifteen rooms in the upper three floors
were never completed. The castle was abandoned by 1700 and the roof stripped in 1752. It
was taken into state care in 1912.
The stair leads to the first
floor, where the great hall has a huge lintel over the fireplace. The laird’s chamber
is beyond this. Two lesser chambers are located in the wings, and each has a latrine. From
the stair hall is a small room which overlooks the entrance. Also from here is a small
aperture through to the great hall fireplace – the laird’s lug. There were three
newel staircases leading to the upper floors, which are now gone, but the walls are
basically complete to the eaves. |
