Fenton Tower Photo, 16th Century Scottish building, Kingston history, Date, North Berwick location, Architect
Fenton Tower : Scottish Castle Accommodation
Castle near North Berwick, East Lothian Luxury Accommodation, Scotland
post updated 14 February 2025
Location: Kingston, North Berwick
Fortified 16th Century tower: luxury accommodation for up to 12 people
Fenton Tower dates from 1550 and is set on top of a small hillock at the western end of the ridge south of North Berwick. Fenton Tower was a ruin until around the start of the 21st century. It is a rendered L-plan towerhouse with very little gournds – no wooded policy, just a good vantage point over East Lothian’s rolling countryside.
16th Century Scottish property photo : James Denham, courtesy wikimedia commons
Fenton Tower East Lothian
Fenton Tower was owned by the Anglo-Norman De-vaux family. The three-storey building with Great Hall at First Floor was probably built by Sir John Carmichael: the tower date stone panel of 1577 over the doorway once displayed bears his initials.
The Carmichaels also held the ancient Hepburn stronghold of Waughton castle, near Whitekirk, until they lost if to the Hepburns (see the information board at nearby Hailes Castle re this family). King James VI (1567-1625) stayed in 1591 with the Carmichaels at Fenton Tower.
Fenton seems to have been undamaged by Cromwell during his army’s the sacking of Lothian castles in the 1650’s and stone robbers in the 1700’s.
This L-plan 16th Century Scottish fortified building has now been fully restored.
Please check with the owners for details such as access & charge:
Contact:
Phone: +44 (0)1620 89 0089
Email: manager(at)fentontower.com
Fenton Tower to open
The £2m historic tower restoration was completed around 2002: NGRA were the architects
Another East Lothian Castle close by, to the south:
Hailes Castle, east of Haddington, East Lothian
Hailes Castle
Castles in East Lothian
Historic Scottish Property Designs – key architectural selection below:
Lennoxlove House, south of Haddington, East Lothian
Lennoxlove House
Tantallon Castle, near North Berwick, East Lothian
Tantallon Castle
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian
Dunbar Castle
Edinburgh Walking Tours – Scottish capital city walks by e-archiect guides
Historic Buildings in Eastern Scotland
East Lothian building with work by Simpson & Brown Architects:
Scottish Castles
Castles in Midlothian
Historic Midlothian Property Designs – key architectural selection below:
Crichton Castle, ruined building near the village of Crichton, Midlothian
Melville Castle – on the bank of the North Esk
Design in part: Architect James Playfair
Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH19 3JB
Borthwick Castle, near Gorebridge – 12 miles south of Edinburgh
Comments / photos for the Fenton Tower Architecture – 16th Century Scottish building in Kingston near North Berwick, southeast Scotland, United Kingdom, page welcome.
Website: www.fentontower.com
