Dunira House
Country House (19th Century)
Site Name Dunira House
Classification Country House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunira House Policies
Canmore ID 164118
Site Number NN72SW 18
NGR NN 73803 23764
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/164118
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Comrie (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
The house has now been almost completly demolished (demolished 2005), only small fragments of stone work survive to show the site of the house, mostly destroyed by a fire in 1948.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012
NN72SW 18.00 73803 23764
NN72SW 18.01 NN 73166 23822 White Cottage
NN72SW 18.02 NN 7370 2373 Terraced Garden
NN72SW 18.03 NN 7269 2327 West Lodge
NN72SW 18.04 NN 7305 2376 The Square, Coach House
NN72SW 18.05 NN 7256 2353 Burial Ground
NN72SW 18.06 NN 7305 2385 Walled Garden and Conservatory
NN72SW 18.07 NN 7420 2376 Farmsteading
NN72SW 18.08 NN 73066 23028 Sawmill
NN72SW 18.09 NN 7381 2357 Formal Gardens
NN72SW 18.10 NN 73518 23916 Kennels
NN72SW 18.11 NN 73667 23878 Cottage
See also:
NN72SE 239 NN 75270 22742 East Lodge
NMRS REFERENCE:
Owner: Sir David Dundas.
ARCHITECT: William Burn, 1851.
ARCHITECT: David Bryce, additions.
Demolished in 1963 except one small wing, used as a dwelling house.
Garden design: Thomas Mawson, 1920.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office:
The building of a new lodge on the approach to Dunira House.
Estimates submitted to Alexander Edington, 1810.
GD 51/11/91/1-3.
Photographic Survey
Photographed as part of the survey of the terraced garden by the Threatened Buildings Survey.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.
