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Midhope Castle

Midhope Castle is a late 16th-century Scottish tower house on the Hopetoun estate near South Queensferry. The surviving structure is a much-altered five-storey oblong tower house and is a Category A listed building.

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Its prime

1678

Today

Partial ruin

As it stood in 1678

The shape it held in its prime.

A five-storey oblong stone tower house of rough grey-brown sandstone with steep slate roofs and stepped gables at the ends. The principal façade shows narrow, rectangular windows and a projecting corbelled stair-turret; a low stone curtain wall with a central arched entrance links a small courtyard to the tower. The building sits on grassy grounds framed by trees, approached by an unpaved drive across estate fields. At its prime the tower was complete with full roofline and intact courtyard walls.

Step inside

7 places to explore in 1678.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Midhope Castle — including 1 interior: great chamber with painted ceiling. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

South approach (estate drive)Arched gatehouse entrance and curtain wallMain tower exterior (south façade)Projecting stair-turret and lower wallSouth courtyard (114 by 61 ft)Great chamber with painted ceilingTwo-chambered dovecot (southeast grounds)

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