Kilcoy Castle (7)
This is the back, or north side of the castle.  You can tell where the kitchen was in you know what to look for.  There are two openings, one either side of the left-hand ground floor window.  The higher one on the right is where water could be poured in, to run through to the kitchen beyond, and the lower one to the left, is a kitchen drain, through which kitchen slops could be poured out.  Typically, the kitchen was at the opposite end of the main block from the main stair up to the first floor, so that kitchen smells and fireplace smoke would be less likely to make their way upstairs - but not in this case.

Another unusual feature of this building is the crow-stepped gable, near the centre of the main block.  Main block roofs usually run uninterrupted from one end gable to the other and the usual reason for an intermediate gable is that the main block has been extended in length at some stage.  In other words, the intermediate gable is a former end gable.  I have seen no mention of this building having been extended, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it was, because construction was started by one family and finished by another, and it may be that the new owners had grander plans for the place (and more money) than the previous owners.
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