Mearns Castle

Over in Newton Mearns today visiting my mum, which gave me the opportunity to blip the 15th century tower house known locally as Mearns Castle.

The castle was built by Herbert, Lord Maxwell, under a royal warrant issued in 1449, and remained with the family until the fifth Lord was required by James VI to deliver it up to the crown. It was sold to Sir George Maxwell of Nether Mearns in the middle of the 17th century, and later passed to the Shaw-Stewart family.

The castle was originally a four-storey rectangular tower, and parts of the original corbelling remain. There is a vaulted basement room, approached from the main entrance. The first-floor hall, which is also vaulted, is approached by a straight mural stair; it has stone window seats and once had a minstrels’ gallery. The original arched entrance is now walled up.

There was quite a lot of rain, and flooding which I suppose is part of Storm Callum which is badly affecting Wales.

Anyway, I hooe you have had a good Saturday.