Tower of Lethendy is a 17th-century L-plan tower house, about south west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and about 0.5miles east of Kirkton of Lethendy.[1]
The property may also be known as Lethendy House or Lethendy Tower.[2]
The property was owned by the Herons.[1]
There is a castellated mansion designed by Andrew Heiton, dated 1884.[3]
The tower house, of three storeys and a garrett has been greatly altered. The entrance, which is now enclosed by a modern building, is defended by a gunloop. The vaulted basement has a kitchen in it. There is a turnpike stair in the wing, above a pit-prison.[1] The measurements of the L-plan tower are (from east to west) by, with the wing being (from north to south) by .[2]
A 10th century Picto-Scottish slab carved in relief with an angel, clerics, musicians and a dog, which may well have stood in a nearby field until it was used to repair the staircase, is used as a lintel on the first flight of the staircase from the ground floor to the mezzanine.[2]