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Fornethy School

Country House (20th Century), School (20th Century)

Site Name Fornethy School

Classification Country House (20th Century), School (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Fornethy House; Residential School

Canmore ID 242089

Site Number NO25NW 56

NGR NO 24648 55645

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Lintrathen
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Architecture Notes

NO25NW 56.00 24648 55645

Architects: Fryers and Penman of Largs c.1915

Gifted to Glasgow Corporation 1955

Opened as Residential School 1961

NO25NW 56.01 c. 246 557 Fornethy Doocot

Site Management (26 June 1995)

Large 16th century style castellated mansion house. Two and three-storey, harl and slate. Crowstepped gables. Inset stone 1915. Fryers and Ponman (of Largs), Architects. (Historic Scotland)

Built for the Coats' family as a summer residence and later converted to a residential school in the 1950s.

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Photographic Survey (1954)

Photographic survey of the exterior and interior of Fornethy House, Angus, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1954.

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