| Summary : Banqueting house, built by John Yorke I in 1746, possibly to the designs of Daniel Garrett. It is two storeyed, octagonal in plan and constructed of ashlar. It may stand on, or close to, the site of Hudswell Tower or pele, which was built before 1354 but demolished by the 1730s. |
More information : (NZ 16710073) The Culloden Tower (NAT) (1)
The Temple
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Otherwise known as the Culloden Tower, built circa 1746 to commemorate that battle, on the site of an earlier pele tower, of which the rectangular base in rubble may be part. This now forms an undercroft, used as a barn with a cellar below. Above is a two-storeyed tower in ashlar, octagonal, and joined to the rectangular base by broaches. (2)
Culloden Tower. Purchased by the Landmark Trust in 1981 and restored by them. Also formerly known as the Cumberland Temple, or The Temple. Originally a banqueting house built by John Yorke I in 1746 possibly to the designs of Daniel Garrett and stands on, or close to the site of Hudswell Tower or Peel, dated before 1354 but demolished by the 1730s. (3)
Clarkson (4a) is the authority for Culloden Tower being built on the remains of Hudswell Tower but recent research has failed to find any further evidence to corroborate this. (4)
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