Balcarres House
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Balcarres House is a mansion near the Scottish town of Colinsburgh in the Council Area Fife . In 1972 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The entire property is on the Scottish Landscaping Register . The highest rating “outstanding” was awarded in four of seven categories. Furthermore, a sundial from the 17th century in the gardens is classified separately as a Category A building.
history
In 1586, John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir acquired various lands in Fife, including Balcarres, and in 1592 united them into a free barony . Balcarres House was built in 1595 as the Tower House as Lindsay's main residence. Fragments of a building built by John Stirling of Keir in 1511 were incorporated. The property was inherited within the family. Alexander Lindsay was raised in 1651 to the first Earl of Balcarres with the ancestral seat Balcarres House. After the Glencairn uprising , Lindsay fled into exile in France. Balcarres was confiscated and Lindsay was buried on the property in 1668 after his death in Breda, the Netherlands . His son Charles Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres, also died in exile.
His brother Colin Lindsay followed as a ten-year-old Earl. As a supporter of Jacob VII he was arrested at Edinburgh Castle . After his release in 1693, Lindsay moved to Utrecht and did not return to Scotland until 1700, impoverished. In the meantime appointed to the Privy Council , he was exiled to Balcarres after the Jacobite uprising in 1715 . There he founded the village of Colinsburgh. It is possible that the basis of the Balcarres House park was created at this time.
Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres sold the property to his brother Robert in 1791, who had made his fortune in the West Indies . Around this time, Balcarres House was expanded with an extension in the Georgian style and various outbuildings were added. James Lindsay commissioned the Scottish architect William Burn to extend Balcarres House. Under Coutts Lindsay , another construction phase took place between 1863 and 1867 based on designs by David Bryce . In 1886, James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford Balcarres bought the property back to the family of the Earls of Balcarres. Additional outbuildings were added in the course of the 20th century. After a fire destroyed parts of Pitcorthie House , the seat of Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford , Lindsay had another country house built in the gardens.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c d Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Balcarres House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 13 ′ 45.2 ″ N , 2 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W.