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Scotland

Kinfauns Castle

  • Earlier Houses: There was an earlier castle on the site of the current house.

    Built / Designed For: 14th Lord Gray

    Collections: In the early 19th century the 14th Lord Gray commissioned William Trotter of Edinburgh to design large suites of furniture for Kinfauns.

  • Architect: Robert Smirke

    Date: 1820-22
    Designed: House for 14th Lord Gray

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    Architect: Alexander Nasmyth

    Date: 1809
    Designed: Landscaping for 14th Lord Gray

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  • John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. I, p. 156, 1854.

    John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. IV, 1828. Scotland, 1830.

  • Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 2008
    Reference: pgs. 738, 936
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 9780300125085
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Category A

    Park Listed: Listed as a Garden & Designed Landscape

  • Current Seat / Home of: Ann Gloag

    Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: Thomas de Longeville-Charteris, 14th century; John Charteris, 16th century. John Gray, 11th Lord Gray, 1741-82; Charles Gray, 12th Lord Gray, 1782-86; William John Gray, 13th Lord Gray, 1786-1807; Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray, 1807-26. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray, 1826-42; John Gray, 15th Lord Gray, 1842-67; Madelina Gray, 16th Lady Gray, 1867-69; Margaret Murray, 17th Lady Gray, 1869-78. George Philip Stuart, 14th Earl of Moray and 18th Lord Gray, 1878-95; Edmund Archibald Stuart, 15th Earl of Moray, 1895-1901; Francis James Stuart, 16th Earl of Moray, 1901-09; Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, 1909-30.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No