Pitcaple, near Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Historic County: GrampianCirca Date: 1470 core w/circa 1570, 19th & 20th century additions and alterations
Status: Fully Extant
House Open to Public: No
Country House: Yes
The house from a 1917 postcard
House & Family History: Originally moated, the primarily 16th century Pitcaple Castle is today considered one of the best examples in Aberdeenshire of a Z-plan castle. Mary, Queen of Scots, visited Pitcaple in 1562 and Charles II was here in 1650.
Architect: William Burn
Date: Circa 1830John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. II, p. 103, 1853.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 190
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Category A
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Christopher and Pernille Burges-Lumsden; family here since 1757.
Past Seat / Home of: David Leslie, 15th century; Alexander Leslie, 4th Laird of Pitcaple, 16th century; Lieutenant-Colonel John Leslie, 7th Laird of Pitcaple, 17th century; Sir James Leslie, 18th century. Jane Lumsden, 18th century; Hugh Lumsden, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No