Innerpeffray

Innerpeffray Castle is an medium large L-plan tower house, originally built by Patrick Drummond in 1590, and modernized by James Drummond in 1610. The main block is a 30 by 60 foot rectangle of three stories, with a garret. The offset wing joins the main block at its southwest corner, with a square stair tower at the re-entrant angle. The offset wing has four floors. The kitchen, with its large fireplace and oven, occupies the ground floor of the offset wing, with stores and larder filling the main block. The north storeroom apparently was used for wine storage and featured a narrow mural staircase up to the Great Hall. The upper floors, and possibly the attics, surely contained multiple bedrooms, but the ruinous state of the tower precludes precise knowledge of the actual layout.

The Innerpeffray lands were part of the Inchaffray Abbey, which was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots in 1565. In the 1560s, following the Scottish Reformation, the Abbey lands were converted into a temporal lordship, in the hands of John Drummond, son of John, 1st Lord Drummond. The son was created 1st Lord of Innerpeffray. The lands passed to his son, also John, and then to his granddaughter, Agnes. Agnes' third marriage was to her cousin Sir Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond. Following Agnes death Sir Patrick built Innerpeffray Castle. Soon thereafter Patrick handed over the lands and castle to his younger brother, James. James Drummond (1540? - 1623) was a schoolmate and dear friend of James Stuart, son of Queen Mary. In 1580 he was appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber by the now King James VI, and he served the king at the Gowrie Conspiracy at Perth in 1600. In 1609 King James awarded James the title of 1st Lord Madderty, and the next year James modernized the tower house, enlarging windows, etc. James died in 1623, and following the death of his heir, Sir David Drummond, in 1692, the castle was abandoned and allowed to fall into ruin.


Here is the east side of the ruin as I originally found it.	A more recent aerial, showing partial collapse of the wall.


Ground Floor Plan	First Floor Plan	B&W Drawing	Color Painting

Photos of the Lego Model under construction in March 2026

The castle is laid out on March 22.	The corner quoins and spiral stair are quickly roughed in.	By the next day the ground level is complete.


On March 25, the first floor...	...is built. Here's the front view.	And from the north.	And the east.	And the south.


And two days later the tower...	...is built up to the roof line...	...of the main block.	The east and south sides are...	...mostly my interpretation.


And later on the 27th...	...roof and crow-stepping are...	...nicely under way.	I hope I'll come very close to how the castle really looked.	And the completed castle can be seen below.

Photos of the Lego Model Built March 22 - 28, 2026 Note: My friend, Brian, who lives in Scotland, told me he would be very interested to see how I handled the ruinous stair tower, and he sent me the Color Painting above. There I saw the remains of a stair turret I had not noticed before. I hope he is pleased with my interpretation.

Here is the completed model.	It's a really nice L-plan castle.	It seems a real shame...	...it was destined to fall...


...into ruin, AND likely never...	...to be restored, or at least...	...saved from complete...	...disintegration.


Here are three "aerial" views...	...of the completed model.	Nicely built, Drummonds!	Here is a close-up of the stair tower and turret. See Note above.

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Lego Ground Floor Plan	Lego First Floor Plan	Lego Second Floor Plan (much missing due to ruin)


West Elevation				North Elevation	East Elevation	South Elevation