Moniack Castle, Category B listed castle in Kirkhill, Scotland
Moniack Castle is a tower house with an L-shaped plan, its facade made of rendered walls with polished stone margins and three curved bays on the northwest side. Multiple floors connect through a wide spiral staircase, while original iron window grilles remain at the openings.
The tower was built around 1600 and later received a crenellated top added by architect James Smith in 1804. Significant alterations between 1830 and 1840 shaped its current form.
The interior chapel holds a Roman Catholic altar with Ionic columns, showing how Scottish noble families expressed their faith through architecture. Such sacred rooms reveal how homes once served both as family residences and places of worship.
Access is through a square doorway at the tower base with dressed stone frames. Visitors can observe the original iron window grilles closely and see how openings were constructed in the early period.
An unusually wide spiral staircase inside connects the different floors at varying levels. This design solution provided efficient access through the rooms in a tower with a complex layout.
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