Kilcoy Castle (4)
You may have noticed in the previous drawing, that the original entrance was in the re-entrant angle where the three 'cannon balls' can be seen here.  I haven't seen a post-1891 floor plan of the castle, but what usually happens when buildings like this are 'gentrified', is that the door is moved to the centre of the front wall (as seen here), the vaulted cellar in the centre of the main block is converted into an entrance hall, which leads to a grand staircase in the new north wing.

Originally, the old entrance opened to a turnpike stair in the south-east tower (on the right), and a passage then led to the three ground-floor cellars and the room in the base of the north-west tower.  From the 1st floor, there are two turret stairs, one in each of the south facing re-entrant angles, providing access to the upper floors.  The turret stair above the entrance would have led to the guest accommodation, and that at the north-west corner, to the family apartments.
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