Scotland · Still standing
Castle Forbes
Castle Forbes is an early 19th-century country house in the Scots Baronial style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the seat of the Lord Forbes. The present building was begun in 1815 to designs by Archibald Simpson and completed by John Smith; it stands within designed gardens and overlooks the River Don, with a prehistoric stone circle to the north.
Its prime
1815
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1815
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact Scots Baronial country house of warm pink-brown granite ashlar, composed of a rectangular main block with several short, corbelled turrets and a prominent cylindrical round tower at one corner surmounted by a crenellated parapet and flagpole. Regular vertical sash windows puncture each façade in rows. The roofline is defined by crenellated parapets and small drum-like corner towers. The house sits on well-kept lawns and flowerbeds, overlooking the River Don with trees behind.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1815.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Castle Forbes — including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Castle Forbes with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1815 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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