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Dunira House, Terraced Garden

Terraced Garden (20th Century)

Site Name Dunira House, Terraced Garden

Classification Terraced Garden (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Dunira House Policies

Canmore ID 164119

Site Number NN72SW 18.02

NGR NN 7370 2373

NGR Description Centred NN 7370 2373

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Comrie (Perth And Kinross)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Summary Record (13 March 2012)

The estate was bought by a Mr W G Macbeth c. 1919 from the Dundas family who had bought the estate in the 1820's from the heir of the 1st Viscount Melville, who had bought the estate in 1784.

In 1920 Macbeth commissioned the garden designer Thomas Mawson to design new gardens around the house, these terrace gardens were built between 1920 and 1922. Some of the terraces had been created as part of the mid C19th house by Willliam Burn, Mawson added the balustrading, the canal with fountain and steps leading down to the round pond. The garden is illustrated in Country Life, March 21st, 1931.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.

Archaeology Notes

NN72SW 18.02 centred 7370 2373

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Photographic Survey (11 April 2012)

Photographed by the Threatened Buildings Survey after a Notice to Record from the Garden History Society (Scotland) due to long term threat of the garden and possible housing development.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.

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