Duncrub House

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Colored photograph of Duncrub House around 1900

Duncrub House was a mansion near the Scottish town of Dunning in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . While Duncrub House has since been demolished, various outbuildings remain to this day, including the pigeon house and chapel. Both structures can be found in the Scottish monument lists . They are listed as category A or category B buildings.

history

A mansion existed on the site as early as 1800, possibly designed by Robert Burn . This was extensively expanded in 1836 based on a draft by William Burns . Most of the mansion was demolished around 1870 and replaced by a new building by Habershon & Pite . Finally, in 1950, Duncrub House was completely demolished.

Pigeon house

The pigeon house at Duncrub House is around 500 m northeast of the former manor house. Its year of construction can be determined from 1725 on the basis of two inscriptions. The masonry of the elongated building is made of quarry stone with natural stone details . It closes with a curved roof with a final weather vane . A rectangular door leads into the interior of the tower. Stone nesting boxes are lined up there.

chapel

The Duncrub House chapel is located approximately 80 meters northeast of the manor's former location. It was built in 1858 to a design by the English architect Matthew Habershon . The neo-Gothic building is designed in the style of the early British Gothic . Its masonry consists of embossed stone blocks with natural stone details. The apse is on the east side. The bell tower located on the northwest side closes with a slate-covered, pointed helmet. The portal on the western gable side is more recent.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ^ Entry on Duncrub House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 18'55.7 "  N , 3 ° 36'8.1"  W.