Kilnmaichlie House & Gatepiers, Glenlivet

L-plan tower house extended later to N to form tall rectangular E facing dwelling with stair tower projecting off-centre in E front and terminating above wallhead in small caphouse. Modern grey harling; tooled granite margins and dressings. Original entrance blocked; present entrances in S gable and E front, both masked by late 19th century timber porches. Windows of varying size form regular pattern both front and rear; pair diminutive attic windows light caphouse of stair-tower; 3 small slit vents in rear; small attic light in each gable; 12-pane glazing. End stacks with circa 1700 copes; Banffshire slate roofs.

Crowstepped gables; mask skewput to caphouse, and also at SE angle just below wallhead. Early 19th century wing of 2 builds projects from N gable. Harled rubble with segmental headed archway; 2 doorways and irregular fenestration. (Some circa 1987)

Sir Walter Stewart held Kilnmaichlie in 1490 (great grandson of Robert II). The property was subdivided into two farm cottages in the 18th century through to the 1980s, as part of the Ballindalloch estate. (Historic Scotland).

September 2008: External inspection finds the main tower house in fair condition but may be deteriorating as the structure appears to be in limited use. The single storey 19th century wing and gatepiers, are in poor condition. The building is understood to have been re-harled in the 1980s.

11 September 2012: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit.

18 August 2015: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously. Rainwater goods are partly chocked to the front elevation with vegetation and a glazing to one of the rooflights is missing.

4 March 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains disused.