This late-medieval turreted town house was involved in the 17th century by the executive Sir George Skene. It was also involved for about a month and a half by the Duke of Cumberland on his approach to Culloden in 1746. The gum based paint roof of the Painted Gallery with its strict imagery, dating from 1622, is surprising for having endured the plunders of the Reformation. It's a period pearl highlighting sincere looking heavenly attendant, officers and St Peter with crowing cockerels. The gallery is shut during the Marischal Sq redevelopment, and is planned to return in 2019.