Kilrenny, Rennyhill House
House (18th Century), Pediment (17th Century)
Site Name Kilrenny, Rennyhill House
Classification House (18th Century), Pediment (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old Rennyhill House; Rennyhill House And Wester Cottage
Canmore ID 34177
Site Number NO50SE 44
NGR NO 57328 04876
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34177
- Council Fife
- Parish Kilrenny
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO50SE 44.00 57328 04876
NO50SE 44.01 57360 04927 Garden Walls
NO50SE 44.02 57388 04964 Dovecot
NO50SE 185 57277 04926 Rennyhill Farm
See also
NO50SE 4 RENNYHILL DOVECOT
Field Visit (18 July 1927)
Renniehill, Pediment and Inscriptions.
In the boundary wall of the policy, opposite the farm-steading, is inserted a small dormer pediment with a circular hole 10 inches in diameter, below which is the date 1638. The house bears on the north side a fragment of a panel dated 1706, and an old sill , which has been inserted and is inscribed, G.S. E.B. 1644, for George Strang and Elizabeth Bothwell.
On a pediment built into the west gable the initials G.S. and E.B. appear below a shield parted per pale: dexter, a chevron ensigned with a cross between three mascles, for Strang or Strange; sinister, a chevron between three trefoils slipped, for Bothwell.
HISTORICAL NOTE. - George Strang, portioner of Kilrenny, was served heir in certain lands to his grandfather Robert Strang, portioner of Kilrenny, in 1621.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 18 July 1927.
(1) His wife was Elizabeth Bothwell. (2) Inquis. Spec., Fife, No. 317. (2) East Neuk of Fife, p. 380.
