Alloa Tower

The Alloa Tower is a tower house in the Scottish town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire unitary authority. In 1960, the building was added to the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A. A former protection as a Scheduled Monument was abolished in the meantime. The 21 m high, five-story building is located in the south Alloa and has a floor area of ​​18 m × 12 m.

History

The history of Alloa Tower is divided into several phases. The oldest known building a fortified building dating from the early 14th century, this place is known, however, about which little has survived. Middle of the century this was expanded into a three-story building with a basement or dungeon. A further increase to four or five stories was made in the 15th century. The first tower house, on which the structure obtained today based, was established in 1497th It is a five-story building with a basement or dungeon. In the late 16th century, the building was redesigned and was probably from this time both at ground level as also accessible on the first floor. Beginning of the 18th century was a manor house and the adjacent residential tower was henceforth only used as an annexe. As part of this expansion by John Erskine, 24th Earl of Mar and the residential tower has been completely redesigned. A fire ravaged the mansion in 1800 and the Alloa Tower was occupied until the completion of the new mansion in 1838 again. End of the 20th century, the tower was restored and reopened to the 500 - year celebration in 1997.