 The tower and battlements were subsequently restored to good condition by the King, at Exchequer expense.The castle became the nucleus of the subsequent greater country house which was built onto and around it.On the east face of the south-east angle tower was a sundial with the monogram "C.M.E.L" for Charles Maitland & his wife Elizabeth Lauder, the monogram being divided by the date 1664, the year in which Maitland commenced dramatic new extensions to the old castle.