DiCamillo Companion
Scotland

Dunecht House

  • 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: John Smith

    Date: 1820
    Designed: House for William Forbes

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    Architect: William Smith

    Date: 1859-63
    Designed: Enlarged House for 25th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres

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    Architect: George Edmund Street

    Date: 1870-71
    Designed: Alterations and additions to House for 25th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres

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    Architect: Aston Webb

    Date: 1913-20
    Designed: Interior alterations and additions

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  • 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