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*[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221. | *[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221. | ||
| − | *[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87. "A three- | + | *[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87. "A three-storey masterpiece in coursed rubble, pantiles and crowsteps." |
*[https://canmore.org.uk/site/99285/falkland-brunton-street-brunton-house Canmore] | *[https://canmore.org.uk/site/99285/falkland-brunton-street-brunton-house Canmore] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_listed_buildings_in_Falkland,_Fife Wikipedia] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_listed_buildings_in_Falkland,_Fife Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 08:57, 21 November 2020
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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 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25239 7311 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′09″N 3°12′29″W |
| Listing | Category A[2] |
| Listing ref | LB31328 |
| Listing description | Brunton House, Brunton Street (including garden walls) |
Brunton House, Brunton Street is a private house, once 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
- 1906: George Lumsden)[1]
- Around 1906: Mrs O'Connor (teacher / manageress)[1]
- 1911: 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-storey 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
[Click on a thumbnail below to see an enlarged image]
Brunton House in 2018
Armorial panel on the front of the house, dated 1712
