1879 – The Peel House of Newbyres, Gorebridge, Scotland

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders. Perspective View including ground plan as restored by Lyon. Published in The Building News, August 22nd 1879. later fell into ruin again and eventually demolished by Midlothian Council in 1963.

“Newbyres is a very plain edifice of the L plan. It is 32 feet 8 inches long by 24 feet 2 inches wide, with a staircase wing at the north-west corner projecting 5 feet 7 inches beyond the main building… The ground floor is vaulted and, at the south end of the first floor a large stone drain opens to the outside. On the upper floors there are several gun holes and wall-chambers.”
Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, 1897

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