Ochiltree Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

29145

Title

Ochiltree Castle

Artist / maker

Ross, Thomas

Date

18977

Size

27.0 x 38.2 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Art and Design Library

Thomas Ross was born at Wardheads, Errol, and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland.
In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to the latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications.

Ochiltree Castle in West Lothian is a 16th century L plan tower house, which has been occupied more or less continuously since it was built. The present building was probably built in two stages as part of the development of a previous structure (Ochiltree Place) - most likely a two storey hall-house built around a central courtyard, only fragments of which remain.
It was owned by the Earls of Roseberry and occupied by tenant farmers from 1750 - 1981, when it had begun to fall into disrepair.

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