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228:. There is a high-level door, half hidden by the ornate portico. The addition of windows in the south-west face of this tower in the 1930s somewhat detracted from the intended effect. Another tower consists of twin drum towers corbelled to the square and back again to round turrets and these twin towers are linked with an arch - the whole is similar in effect to the Seaton Tower at Fyvie Castle from 1599. While the building has five circular turrets, it also has one square turret very similar in style to those at Crathes Castle (late 16th century). Much of the remainder of the building reflects fairly standard Scottish Baronial architecture from 17th and 18th centuries. The rear elevation of the building is the plainest and more akin to the work of Charles Rennie Macintosh though the architects retained crow-stepped gables and as a result the property doesn't leak as disastrously as Macintosh's Hill House. It is a category B 142: 193: 45: 208:
in London where he swiftly became principal designer at the time Webb was working on designs for the Victoria and Albert Museum. Webb later went on to design notable London buildings including Admiralty Arch, The Mall and the principal facade of Buckingham Palace. Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth trained
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discussed the possibility of planning gardens, but no plans were produced. At the heart of a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) estate, the castle is not open to the public, but serves as a venue for meetings, private dining, marquee events and weddings. There are extensive private gardens including a
164:. Formerly known as Kincardine House, it is the private home of the Bradford family and also operates as a hospitality venue. The house sits 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north-east of the village of 472: 62: 477: 184:
The house was built for Mary Pickering on the site of, and incorporating part of, an earlier building called Kincardine Lodge, dating from around 1780.
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designs by Niven and Wigglesworth of London. David Barclay Niven trained in Dundee and moved to the office of
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The entrance tower hints back to the 14th century keep with its plain rendered walls, battlements and
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and this shows in the design which incorporates features from five centuries of building styles.
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documentary series taking an in-depth look at the workings of country estates.
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In 2016 Kincardine Castle featured on an episode of
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