The house from a 1913 postcard
The house from the Dec 17, 1881 issue of "The Illustrated London News"
The chapel from the Dec 17, 1881 issue of "The Illustrated London News"
The lodge
Earlier Houses: There was at least on earlier house on, or near, the site of the current house.
Built / Designed For: William Forbes
House & Family History: In 2012 Dunecht House was listed for sale for £1 million.
Architect: William Smith
Date: 1859-63Architect: George Edmund Street
Date: 1870-71
Title: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990
Author: Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (Editors)
Year Published: 1990
Reference: pg. P 296
Publisher: London: Debrett's Peerage Limited (New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc.)
ISBN: 0312046405
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Category A
Park Listed: Listed as a Garden & Designed Landscape
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: William Forbes, 19th century; Forbes family here from the 15th century until 1845. James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th Earl of Balcarres, 1845-69; Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, 1869-80; Lindsay family here until circa 1900. A.C. Pirie, 1900-07. Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, 1910-27; Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, 1927-33; Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, 1933-95; Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray, 1995-2012.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No