Craigievar Castle

Alford, about twenty five miles west of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire. Classic example of a Scottish Baronial castle, seven storeys high and virtually unaltered, with fairy-tale turrets, crow-stepped gables, conical roofs, pink walls and magnificent moulded plaster-work ceilings. Built 1610-26 for Forbes family. Door of musicians' gallery hears arms and initials of first owner; prosperous merchant William Forbes.

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