Everything about Dudhope Castle totally explained
Dudhope Castle is an extended late medieval
tower house located on the southern face of
Dundee Law in
Dundee,
Scotland.
History
The castle was originally built in the late
13th century by the
Scrymageour family, with the original castle being a smaller
tower house. This was replaced around 1460, and then further extended in 1580 to its current
L-plan structure with additional circular "angle" towers, although these were demolished in the 18th century. The Scrymageour family sold the castle in 1668 to
John Graham of Claverhouse (later known as "Bonnie Dundee").
In 1792 the castle was rented in an attempt to use it as a woollen factory, although the plan never came to fruition. In 1795 the park and the grounds were leased to the
Board of Ordnance, who used Dudhope as a barracks for 95 years, from 1796 to 1879. Additional buildings were constructed, including a hospital, officers quarters, stables and guard-rooms. The castle building itself was used as accommodation for 400 soldiers. The Board of Ordnance finally abandoned the castle in 1881.
In 1854 the town council of Dundee acquired a sub-lease on the castle grounds, for use as recreational facilities. The lease ran for 35½ years for an annual rent of £25 until
1 November 1890. At this time the
Earl of Home had intended to develop the grounds in to
terraced housing.
Instead the council acquired the grounds for £31,700, raising £20,000 itself and the remaining being raised from generous citizens by
Lord Provost Mathewson. The grounds were opened as a park on
28 September 1895 by Sir James Low.
The building was later occupied by the
Ministry of Works and later by the corporation of Dundee who made an attempt to demolish the castle in 1958. In the years 1985 to 1988 the castle was redeveloped and is now in use as offices, a conference centre as well as housing the
University of Abertay Dundee's Dundee Business School.
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