Cloan House

Auchterarder, near Crieff

Perth & Kinross

Scotland

Historic County: Perthshire

Circa Date: 1800 w/1865-66 & 1904-05 alterations and additions

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

House & Family History: Legend has it that, while staying at Cloan in 1925, author J.M .Barrie had a wager with the archbishop of Canterbury that he could flick a stamp onto the ceiling of the drawing room. Barrie won the bet and the stamp is supposedly still there today. The house, together with 55 acres, sold for £1 million in December of 2015.
Architect: Harry Ramsey Taylor

Date of Birth: 1863/64
Date of Death: Nov 14, 1922
Nationality: British
Notes: Taylor was an Edinburgh architect who attended Heriot Watt College and Edinburgh University. He worked in the office of S.H. Taylor of Stranraer and was articled to Messsrs. John and James Lessels. Taylor began independent practice in 1890 and was later in partnership with James Lessels and Cousin & Ormiston.

Date: 1904-05
Designed: Alterations and additions

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Architect: Andrew Heiton

Date of Birth: 1823
Date of Death: 1894
Nationality: British
Notes: Perth architect.

Date: 1865-66
Designed: Alterations and additions, including tower.

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House Listed: Category B

Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Murray Mitchison and Aideen O'Malley; here since 2015.

Past Seat / Home of: Robert Haldane, 19th century; Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, until 1928; Dick Haldane, until 2014.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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