View of house and fountain from East.
D 47402 CN
Description View of house and fountain from East.
Date 1/4/1999
Catalogue Number D 47402 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 760011
Scope and Content Mansion and fountain from east, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the mansion and garden, with an ornate fountain at its centre. To the right is a single-storeyed wing with castellated roof, with a three-storeyed block behind with tall chimneys, dormer window and cast-iron finals. The two-storeyed block (left) has an apsidal end, carved pediments and an arched doorway. This area would be used by the family and their guests for 'promenading' and admiring the view out across the Drummond Estates and over the formal gardens (which are situated to the left). The central fountain is surmounted by a sculpture of a 'talbot', a small dog depicted on the Drummond coat of arms. Drummond Castle was built c.1490, but the complex of buildings visible today consist of a gatehouse which was added in 1630-6 by architect John Mylne III (1611-67) and an L-plan mansion built for the 4th Earl of Perth in 1689. The mansion was extended in the 18th or early 19th century, and remodelled in the Baronial style into its present form by architect G T Ewing in 1878 and 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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