21-690: Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy , in Aberdeenshire , Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the 13th century to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar . It is owned today by Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public as a scheduled ancient monument with gardens that are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland . The castle
42-572: A longer period. More modern examples include a large estate near central Malvern built 1952–1953 for the scientists and personnel of TRE . The styling, though more up-market, resembled the typical council estates of semi-detached houses being built around the UK during the post-war years. By the late 20th century the Well Hall example had become known as the Progress Estate. From the 1880s
63-533: Is "shield-shaped" in plan with a number of independent towers . The flat side of the castle overlooks a steep ravine ; moreover, on the opposite side of the castle the walls come to a point, which was once defended by a massive twin-towered gatehouse. The castle also had a keep, called the Snow Tower , taller than the other towers, built in the French style, as at Bothwell Castle . Extensive earthworks protected
84-622: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ministry of Works (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1940, during the Second World War , to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use. After the war, the ministry retained responsibility for government building projects. In 1962 it was renamed the Ministry of Public Building and Works , and acquired
105-574: Is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire , Scotland near the River Don , 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Alford . The hamlet's primary school closed in 2003. Its church was built in 1805. Nearby Kildrummy Castle has a long history dating back to at least the 14th century. The site of Brux Castle is also about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) away. 57°14′45″N 2°52′52″W / 57.24583°N 2.88111°W / 57.24583; -2.88111 This Aberdeenshire location article
126-616: The Clan Erskine before being abandoned in 1716 following the failure of the Jacobite Rising of 1715 . In 1538 the castle was raided by John Strachan, the young laird of Lenturk, who took furnishings and fixtures. Strachan brought a blacksmith to remove the ironwork from the windows and doors. Some of the metal was turned into horseshoes and used to mend ploughs at the Kirktoun of Glenbuchat . In May 1585 Margaret Haldane,
147-653: The Royal Arsenal , Woolwich (between Eltham and Shooters Hill ), Aeroville near the Grahame-White aeroplane factory at Hendon , and the Roe Green estate at Stag Lane in the London Borough of Brent . Considering the pace of their construction, these estates were surprisingly picturesque and were subsequently considered superior in scenic terms to many estates of municipal housing that followed in
168-620: The British Isles will hold files relating to the MOW who in 1947 enabled the first 'lists' defining and protecting historic buildings which now forms the heritage protection of over 400,000 sites. A detailed history of offices and staff remains to be written: the work of the almost completely anonymous civil servants who worked for this very large government department is largely absent from published or online sources unless these manifold official activities impinge on current specialised research on
189-631: The Foreign Office it also was responsible for the fabric of British embassies and consulates across the world. Apart from English Heritage, Historic Scotland and Cadw , its vast archive is dispersed throughout many other organisations including national museums and galleries, other government departments including the Government Art Collection and the now hived-off agencies covering royal parks and palaces. Virtually every record office, every museum and every town council in
210-587: The Ministry of Public Building and Works (1962–70) before being subsumed in the Department of the Environment in 1970 and English Heritage in 1984. Architect Frank Baines (1877–1933) guided the rapid development of estates of houses, mainly in a terraced style, for workers and their families in places close to the required factories and depots. Examples included the Well Hall garden suburb south of
231-541: The Office of Works was also responsible for the upkeep of ancient monuments, a role later taken on by the Department of the Environment and later, when responsibility for heritage matters was devolved, in 1977, by English Heritage and the other home country heritage organisations. As such it forms the basis for any research into official or historic structures ranging from post offices to palaces and all archaeological sites in state care, including Stonehenge. In conjunction with
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#1732801036482252-424: The castle, including a dry moat and the ravine. Most of the castle foundations are now visible, along with most of its lower-storey walls. Archaeological excavations in 1925 uncovered decorative stone flooring and evidence of battles. The castle was given into the care of the Ministry of Works in 1951, and is now owned by its successor organisation, Historic Environment Scotland . The castle and its gardens, in
273-465: The executions of Nigel Bruce and many other Scots), and again in 1335 by David of Strathbogie . On this occasion Christina Bruce held off the attackers until her husband Sir Andrew Murray came to her rescue. In the reign of David II , Walter Maule of Panmure was warden of Kildrummy Castle. In 1403-4 Alexander Stewart , murdered Sir Malcolm Drummond and then took his widow, Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar , by force and laid claim to Kildrummy and
294-610: The extra responsibility of monitoring the building industry as well as taking over the works departments from the War Office , Air Ministry and Admiralty . The chief architect of the ministry from 1951 to 1970 was Eric Bedford. In 1970 the ministry was absorbed into the Department of the Environment (DoE), although from 1972 most former works functions were transferred to the largely autonomous Property Services Agency (PSA). Subsequent reorganisation of PSA into Property Holdings
315-622: The peacetime of the 1920s, guided by the Tudor Walters Committee report of 1919 and the Housing and Town Planning Act 1919 . Their styling owed much to the English garden suburb tradition (seen at Bournville , Letchworth , Saltaire , Port Sunlight and Welwyn Garden City ) and garden areas and front boundaries were generally more varied than on contemporary estates within military bases where state ownership endured over
336-712: The quarry used to excavate stone for the castle, are both open to the public. A hotel (the Kildrummy Castle Hotel ) has been built on the old estate, overlooking the ruins. Kildrummy Castle was the venue for the Scottish Sculpture Open , sometimes known as the Kildrummy Open, organised by the Scottish Sculpture Workshop from 1981 to 1997. Kildrummy Kildrummy ( Scottish Gaelic : Cionn Droma )
357-486: The title of " Earl of Mar ". In 1435 it was taken over by James I and became a royal castle. In 1468 Henry Kinghorn was keeper of Kildrummy Castle for James III and spent £100 Scots on building works and repairs. James IV granted the keeping of Kildrummy and its lands to Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone and his wife Elizabeth Barlow in 1507. The castle passed from the Clan Elphinstone to
378-530: The wife of David Erskine, Commendator of Dryburgh , was held at Kildrummy in the custody of the Master of Elphinstone . In 1645 Robert Farquharson of Invercauld was the keeper of Kildrummy Castle for the Earl of Mar and his son Lord Erskine. The laird of Glenkindie also helped to keep the castle, fearing the depredations that a garrison of outsider or "stranger" soldiers would make on his lands. Kildrummy Castle
399-474: Was followed by abolition in 1996 when individual government departments took on responsibility for managing their own estate portfolios. The tradition of building specific structures for military or governmental use began to break down at the time of the First World War , when the unprecedented need for armaments prompted the rapid construction of factories in English locations where a skilled workforce
420-548: Was not easily recruited. The department originally derived from the Office of Works (the King's Works) responsible only for royal properties (1378–1832) which became the Office of Woods, Forest, Land Revenues and Works (1832–1852). The Office of Works was founded in 1851 and became the Ministry of Works in 1940. This became the Ministry of Works & Planning (1942–43), the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG) 1951–62, and
441-653: Was probably built in the mid-13th century under Gilbert de Moravia . It has been posited that siting of Kildrummy Castle was influenced by the location of the Grampian Mounth trackway crossings, particularly the Elsick Mounth and Cryne Corse Mounth. Kildrummy Castle underwent siege numerous times in its history, first in defence of the family of Robert the Bruce in August–September 1306 (leading to
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