Brucefield House

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Brucefield House is a stately country house near the Scottish town of Clackmannan in the Clackmannanshire Council Area . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.

history

It was built by Alexander Bruce , who fought in Flanders during the War of the Spanish Succession and took part in the First Jacobite Uprising alongside government troops in 1715 . He had the building erected around 1724. In the middle of the 18th century a two-story extension was added to the building. Around 1758 Bruce's son Robert sold the property to George Abercrombie, whose daughter he married. Between 1928 and 1939 the architect was James Shearer from Dunfermline entrusted with the renovation of Bruce Field. In addition to a complete overhaul of the interior, the Harl plaster was also completely removed from the facades.

description

The building is isolated around four kilometers east of Clackmannan. It has a roughly H-shaped floor plan, the outgoing short wings being lowered compared to the main wing. The masonry is made of quarry stone , with the window and door openings being framed with ashlar. The three-story main building faces west. The windows are arranged on four vertical axes and surround the central entrance door. This is crowned by an architrave that rests on four Doric columns . The building closes with steep hipped roofs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Brig. Gen. Alexander Bruce on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
  3. ^ A. Swan: Clackmannan and the Ochils: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. , Rutland Press, 2001, p. 17. ISBN 1-873-19053-0 .
  4. ↑ Entry on Brucefield House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 6 ′ 23.9 "  N , 3 ° 40 ′ 45.3"  W.