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Dunkeld, Cathedral Street, Old Rectory House
Manse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dunkeld, Cathedral Street, Old Rectory House
Classification Manse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dunkeld Cathedral, Dean's House; House Of The Dean Of Dunkeld; Dunkeld, Cathedral Street, Rectory House
Canmore ID 164270
Site Number NO04SW 102
NGR NO 02468 42611
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/164270
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dunkeld And Dowally
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO04SW 102 02468 42611
(NO 0248 4260) Dean's House (NR)
OS 25" map (1866)
Formerly entered as NO04SW 14.
The house of the Dean of Dunkeld is the oldest house in the town, and the only one now standing of three that escaped the fire of 1689. Its walls are of great thickness.
NSA 1842
This house, now known as Old Rectory House, is of no outstanding architectural value. see Illustration Card. It was remodelled to its present form in the early 18th c, and was the manse in 1823. (SDD 1963).
Visited by OS (SFS) 5 March 1975
Dean's House is a 17th-century T-plan house which was remodelled to its present form in the early 18th century; it has two storeys, with five bays over a sunken basement, and there is a stair-turret to the rear. Internally, the only original feature seems to be an arched fireplace (chamfer-arrissed) at ground-floor level. It is said to have been the only house to survive the fire of 1689.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 5 April 1989.
NSA 1845.
Old Rectory House [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
