Brunton House
| Building details | |
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| Name | Brunton House |
| Address | Brunton Street KY15 7BQ |
| Other names | Marchioness Dowager of Bute’s private school [1] |
| Date | 17th century |
| National Grid Reference | NO 25239 7311 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′09″N 3°12′29″W |
| Listing | Category A[2] |
| Listing reference | LB31328 |
| Listing description | Brunton House, Brunton Street (including garden walls) |
Brunton House, Brunton Street was formerly the residence of the hereditary falconers to the Kings of Scotland.
It was restored in 1894–95 for the third Marquess of Bute by Robert Weir Schultz as a school for the Roman Catholic children of the village, and refurbished in 1910 for use for use by Lord Ninian's chaplain,[1]. In 1953 Major Michael Crichton Stuart presented it to the National Trust for Scotland. It was restored in 1970 by the NTS under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.[3]
Description
Three storeys, with a stair tower at the rear.
Former residents
- George Lumsden (1906)[1]
- Mrs O'Connor (around 1906: teacher / manageress)[1]
- Henley Woods (Roman Catholic Priest), aged 54, and his sister Cecilia Woods aged 32, both from Edinburgh and a servant (housekeeper), Lily Preston aged 28, from Ireland.[4]
Further references
- Gifford, Fife, page 221.
- Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87. "A three-story masterpiece in coursed rubble, pantiles and crowsteps."
- Canmore
- Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Playfair and Burgess
- ↑ Brunton House, Brunton Street (including garden walls), Historic Environment Scotland.
- ↑ Diane Watters and Miles Glendenning, Little Houses; The National Trust for Scotland's Improvement Scheme for Small Historic Homes (RCAHMS and NTS, 2006, page 105).
- ↑ 1911 census
Gallery
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Brunton House in 2018 -
Armorial panel on the front of the house, dated 1712
