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F 11812

Description General view

Date 1975 to 1976

Collection List C Survey

Catalogue Number F 11812

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 383693, SC 1635036

Scope and Content Pittencrieff House, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, Fife Pittencrieff House was built in about 1635 for Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrief. It was bought in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie who presented it to the nation in 1903. In 1909-11 Robert S Lorimer converted it to a museum and club. The top floor was added in 1731. The projecting tower in the south front's centre contains a stair connecting the floors. Above its doorway are the Clerk coat of arms and the inscription: PRAISED.BE.GOD.FOR.AL.HIS.GIFTES. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1914) was born in Dunfermline and emigrated to the United States to make his fortune. He returned home as a rich philanthropist, and funded projects for the public good, like parks and museums. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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