Delgatie Castle

First built in 1049 and substantially re-built in the 16th century Delgatie Castle was the home of feudal barons. It’s been in the family of Clan hay for the last 650 years and remains the clans seat. Over the years dry rot infected the building and by the early 1900's it was pretty much derelict. Captain John Hay was determined to save the building and his work over the next few years saved it and restored it too how it is today.
You can visit the castle which is open every day from 10:00 - 17:00.
The 'Laird's Kitchen' Tearoom is open everyday, serving drinks, snacks and light meals.

Delgatie Castle is open 8th January to 20th Decmeber 10am to 4pm.

The cakes were nice; the castle itself a major disappointment. Despite being there well before the castle's closing time of 4pm, I was not able to go on a tour of the house. Didn't see anything on the website nor in the building saying the last tour was at 3pm but when I attempted to buy a ticket for the house at 3:30pm, that's what the lady said. 🙄 Not only that but she wouldn't let me have a look around unaccompanied. Ironically, we were actually there at about 2:50pm but headed into the tea room first, unaware that there was any time constraint on visiting the rest of the place. 😐 If the communication hadn't been so piss-poor, I could have gone round the house first. 😳