Saddell Castle (19)
Inside the castle, almost everything made of wood had to be replaced - floors, walls, doors and windows.  These last were copied from some casements that had survived, probably dating from the 18th-century.  Where possible existing materials were retained, and there were no structural alterations.  A few later partitions were moved or removed, and two bathrooms and a new kitchen were inserted.  On the ground floor, a floor was inserted over the original well chamber, to fit in the second bathroom.

In the stairwell, the original arrow slits were discovered, but they were too fragile to reopen.  The inner reveals were opened up however, and now serve as niches for the electric lights.  The larger windows had been inserted in 1890 and the original stone steps had unfortunately been replaced in concrete at the same time.

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