Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Dunphail House
Dunphail House — house in Moray, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Dunphail House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Built in the Italianate architecture style. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Moray, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.5096°, -3.6539°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dunphail House is an Italianate country house in Moray, Scotland. It was designed by William Henry Playfair for Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce, and was completed in 1829. Originally designated a Category B listed building in 1971, it was upgraded to Category A in 1987, and remains a privately owned residence.
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Background
History
Dunphail House was built between 1828 and 1829 according to a design by William Henry Playfair, the architect responsible for many of the neoclassical buildings in Edinburgh's New Town. It was built near the site of the now-ruined Dunphail Castle for Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce, a Scottish Conservative politician. Plans for a new house on the site had already been drawn up by John Baxter in 1787, and by John Patterson from 1817-1820, drawing power from a dynamo turned by water from the River Divie. The interior plasterwork was extensively remodelled between 1928 and 1932 under the direction of John Wittet CBE, president of the Inverness Architectural Association and Lord Provost of Elgin.…
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- Coordinates
- 57.5096, -3.6539
- District
- Moray
- Postcode
- IV36 2QW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- Official site
- www.scottish-places.info
Sources
- wikidata: Q17571583 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dunphail House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dunphail House?
- Dunphail House is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV36 2QW).
- What is Dunphail House?
- Dunphail House — house in Moray, Scotland, UK.
- How do I get to Dunphail House?
- Drivers can use postcode IV36 2QW.
- Who owns Dunphail House?
- Dunphail House is owned by | landlord =.
- Is Dunphail House a listed building?
- Dunphail House is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- How do I get to Dunphail House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV36 2QW. It sits within the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey parliamentary constituency.