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The 20 best historic houses in Central Scotland

Our curated top 20 historic houses in Central Scotland, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 727 historic houses see the full historic houses index for Central Scotland.

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    House for an Art Lover

    North Wood, Pollok Park - geograph.org.uk - 4275841

    Mackintosh's never-built 1901 design, finally realised in Glasgow in the 1990s.

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    Bute House

    Bute House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Bute House — official residence of the First Minister of Scotland.

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    High Sunderland, Including Boundary Walls and Gate Piers, Galashiels

    High Sunderland, Including Boundary Walls and Gate Piers, Galashiels, historic houses in Central Scotland

    High Sunderland, Including Boundary Walls and Gate Piers, Galashiels — house in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.

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    Mavisbank House

    Mavisbank House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Mavisbank House — house in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.

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    Auchlyne

    Auchlyne, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Auchlyne — architectural structure in Stirling, Scotland, UK.

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    Tenement House

    Tenement House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Tenement House — house in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

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    Dundas House

    Dundas House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Dundas House — office building in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

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    Greywalls

    Greywalls, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Greywalls — Edwardian country house at Gullane in East Lothian, Scotland, UK.

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    Winton House

    Winton House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Winton House — house in East Lothian, Scotland, UK.

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    Monteviot House

    Monteviot House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Monteviot House — house in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.

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    Strathtyrum House

    Strathtyrum House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Strathtyrum House — house in Fife, Scotland, UK.

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    Kinross House

    Kinross House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Kinross House — country house overlooking Loch Leven, near Kinross in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.

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    Fair Maid's House, 21, 23 North Port, Perth

    Fair Maid's House, 21, 23 North Port, Perth, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Fair Maid's House, 21, 23 North Port, Perth — house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.

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    Balcarres House

    Balcarres House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Balcarres House — country mansion in Colinsburgh, Fife, in Scotland.

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    Finlaystone House

    Carved stone urn - geograph.org.uk - 6905291

    Finlaystone House is a mansion and estate in the Inverclyde council area and historic county of Renfrewshire. It lies near the southern bank of the Firth of Clyde, beside the village of Langbank, in t

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    SEC Centre

    Flags of nations - geograph.org.uk - 1181816

    The SEC Centre (originally known as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre until 2017) is Scotland's largest exhibition centre, located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the three main venues

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    Provan Hall

    Provan Hall, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Provan Hall — house in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.

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    Prestonfield House

    Prestonfield House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Prestonfield House — house, now hotel in Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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    Prestongrange House

    Prestongrange House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Prestongrange House — house in East Lothian, Scotland, UK.

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    Erskine House

    Erskine House, historic houses in Central Scotland

    Erskine House — house, later hospital and hotel, in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK.

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