Scotland · Restored
Castle Fraser
Castle Fraser is a large Z-plan tower house near Kemnay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built around an earlier tower and completed as a five-storey castle during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The building was repeatedly altered and updated in the 18th and 19th centuries and today is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and open to visitors along with extensive designed grounds.
First raised
1455
Its prime
1850
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1850
The shape it held in its prime.
A five-storey Z-plan castle of roughly coursed local granite with two corbelled corner round towers capped by conical slate roofs and a larger cylindrical drum tower with a top balustrade and flag. The main block has a steep slate roof with small gabled dormers and regular sash windows inserted in later works. Some external faces are harled (smooth rendered) while others show exposed rubble masonry. Sits within landscaped lawns and mature trees with walled kitchen garden and stable block in the grounds.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1850.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Castle Fraser — including 5 interiors: main arched entrance and hall, medieval stone-vaulted great hall, regency dining room and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Castle Fraser with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1850 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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