- Balintore Castle
Balintore Castle is a Victorian Category A listed building in
Scotland .The castle occupies an elevated site in moorland a few miles north of the
Loch of Lintrathen, nearKirriemuir ,Angus . A tower house named Balintor existed on the site in the late 1500s, according toTimothy Pont 's maps.It was designed in 1859 by the architect
William Burn . A typical example of theScottish Baronial style, it features an abundance ofturret ed towers andgables , and an imitationportcullis . The main tower is topped by a balustraded viewing platform similar to that ofBuchanan Castle .The centrepiece of the interior is the
great hall , and there is also a gallery, bedrooms, dinner service room, women servant’s sitting room, brushing room, beer cellar, lumber room, butler’spantry , dining room, and a library.Balintor Castle was commissioned as a sporting lodge by David Lyon, MP, who had inherited a fortune made by his family through investments in the East India Company. Latterly the castle was only used during the shooting season. In the 1960s it was decided not to repair the extensive
dry rot and it was abandoned. The castle then stood empty until 2007, during which time its condition deteriorated to point of endangering the structure. Balintore Castle has been listed in the Scottish Civic TrustBuildings at Risk Register since it started in 1990. Angus Council used its compulsory purchase powers to buy it from its absentee Far Eastern owners, and it is now in the hands of a Scotsman who intends to restore it and use it as a residence.External links
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/333641 Balintore Castle at Geograph British Isles]
* [http://balintorecastle.googlepages.com/balintorecastlehome Balintore Castle Restoration Project]
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