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Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle is a large Scottish baronial estate house in Aberdeenshire that has served as a private residence of the British royal family. The present granite house was completed in 1856 and consists of two main blocks arranged around courtyards, with a prominent clock tower and turrets overlooking extensive lawns and managed grounds.
First raised
1390
Its prime
1856
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1856
The shape it held in its prime.
A pale grey granite baronial house of two main blocks around courtyards, with steep slate roofs, conical turrets and an 80-foot clock tower topped with crenellations and a flying flag. The long three-storey façade is punctuated by regular tall sash windows, chimneys and an arched stone entrance; sections of the frontage are clothed in green ivy. The building stands behind a broad, neatly mown forecourt lawn with wooded hills beyond, and a small green-domed turret rises near the tower.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1856.
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Families who held Balmoral Castle.
The families tied to Balmoral Castle across its history — follow a name to its page.
Farquharson
Held the Balmoral estate and its original castle until their sale to Prince Albert in 1852.
Tenanted by Alexander Gordon, second son of the 1st Earl of Huntly; the Gordons built a tower house on the estate.
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