Bannatyne House
Carved Stone (Period Unknown), Country House (16th Century)
Site Name Bannatyne House
Classification Carved Stone (Period Unknown), Country House (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bannatyne Home Of Rest
Canmore ID 30819
Site Number NO24SE 11
NGR NO 29379 41002
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30819
- Council Angus
- Parish Newtyle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO24SE 11 29379 41002
(NO 2937 4100) Bannatyne Home of Rest (NAT)
OS 6" map (1959).
Architect: John Mylne, 1589.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
A sculptured stone, 12" x 8", with a portion of a human figure in a robe in high relief, which was found when removing some old walls here, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1865.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868.
Bannatyne House (Home of Rest) (SDD List). This small three storey turreted mansion house was built c. 1589 for Thomas Bannatyne, and has late 19th. century additions and alterations. George Bannatyne, author and poet, stayed there at the end of the 16th. century.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889.
Bannatyne House (confirmed) is now a private house and is at present undergoing extensive internal alterations. The N part of the building dates from the 16th century while the S half is a later addition.
Visited by OS (JP), 23 September 1970.
