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House of Falkland is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2531°, -3.2243°.

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House of Falkland

House of Falkland in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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House of Falkland is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The House of Falkland, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a 19th-century country house and has been one of the homes of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and the Crichton-Stuart family. The house has been designed in the 19th-century revival of late 16th and early 17th-century Elizabethan and Jacobean styles called Jacobethan.

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History

The origins of the House of Falkland estate can be linked to nearby Falkland Palace, which lies immediately to the east. The palace was a hunting lodge of the Scottish kings, and the House of Falkland estate was gifted to the keeper of the palace. First evidence of a house at the estate can be dated to the 16th century, a simple tower house named Nuthill House, or the Place of Nuthill. This was the home of Fairny family, rangers of the Lomond Hills, and by 1604 a residence of the courtier and keeper of Falkland Palace, David Murray of Gospertie. Murray added a wing to the house and built a new church in the village, employing John Duncan, a mason from Strathmiglo, and the master mason John…

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