Scotland · Still standing
Grandtully Castle
Grandtully Castle is a historic Z-plan towerhouse in Grandtully, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, originally dating to 1560 and now Category A listed. The three-storey towerhouse was extended in 1626 into a fortified house and received extensive Scots Baronial additions in the 1890s; the building is presently divided into flats.
Its prime
1895
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1895
What Grandtully Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact Z-plan three-storey towerhouse of pale grey stone with two projecting towers: a prominent round stair-tower topped by a small conical cap and a taller, more rectangular tower with a crenellated parapet. A long three-storey domestic range with steep slate roofs and dormer windows extends to one side, with later Scots Baronial turrets and gabled additions visible along the roofline. The castle sits in managed parkland with lawns and mature deciduous trees.
Its story
The story of Grandtully Castle.
The Stewarts of Grandtully and the Z-Plan Tower, 1414-1626
An earlier castle stood about a mile east of the present site and dated from 1414; only its foundations remain. The lands and castle belonged to the Stewart family, later the Drummond-Stewart baronets, from the 14th century, with Thomas Stewart of Grandtully mentioned in 1587. The current building is a Z-plan three-storey tower house of 1560, extended in 1626 into a fortified house.
The Jacobite Risings, 1715-1745
The castle was used by the Earl of Mar during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and by Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 rising.
Duleep Singh's Tenancy and the Scots Baronial Additions, 1860s-1920s
In the early 1860s the estate was rented by Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and known as the Black Prince of Perthshire, who had previously lived at nearby Castle Menzies. Extensive Scots Baronial additions followed in the 1890s, designed by Leadbetter & Fairley, and the interior was modernised in the 1920s.
Category A Listing and Tully-Veolan
Grandtully Castle has been a category A listed building since 5 October 1971 and is now divided into flats. It is said to be the model for Tully-Veolan, the Baron of Bradwardine's ancestral home in Walter Scott's novel Waverley.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1895.
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Clans who held Grandtully Castle.
The families that held Grandtully Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
The lands and castle belonged to the Stewarts of Grandtully, later Drummond-Stewart baronets, from the 14th century.
