Scottish Baronial

Scottish Baronial is a style of architecture found in Scotland which draws on Gothic Scottish designs.

Scottish Baronial architecture is best identified by its medieval or even fairy-tale like look. It draws its inspirations and design fundaments from the Scottish Renaissance period. Appropriately the buildings completed in this style are adorned with many decorative but limited in it functionality elements. These include towers with off-shooting turrets. Often times there are crenellated battlements adorning walls (the rectangular cut outs at the top of walls). Portcullises were not an uncommon feature (mechanically raised iron wrought gates).

The Scottish Baronial style is often now considered to be an architectural folly. Architecturally speaking this means that the architectural style is designed for looks as opposed to utility. While this does comment on the relatively superfluous nature of the design, folly does not necessarily comment on the design as a derogative but a light hearted assessment.

Currently the Scottish Baronial is considered to be the inspiration for the following buildings:

Abbotsford House,
Balmoral Castle,
Balmoral Hotel,
Belfast Castle,
Blarney Castle,
Castle Leslie,
Castle Oliver,
Drummond Castle,
Dunrobin Castle,
Fettes College,
Glenveagh Castle,
Helen's Bay railway station,
Larnach Castle,
Wilson Castle,
Skibo Castle and
Torosay Castle.