Rossie Priory

Rossie Priory

Rossie Priory
Location within Perth and Kinross
General information
Location Inchture, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 56°27′47″N 3°09′43″W / 56.462995°N 3.161932°W / 56.462995; -3.161932
Completed 1817

Rossie Priory is a country house and estate to the north of Inchture, near the hamlets of Baledgarno and Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland. It lies 9.6 miles (15.4 km) by road west of the city centre of Dundee.[1]

Rossie Priory was designed by the architect William Atkinson in Regency Gothic Style. It was built as a house (never actually a priory) in 1817 for Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird and is the seat of the Kinnaird family.[2] The large estate is roughly 2000 acres.[3]

An early calotype photographic studio was established here for George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird with the assistance of Thomas Rodger in around 1850.[4]

The estate contains a notable collection of art, but some paintings it owned by the likes of Rembrandt and Guido Reni were sold off in the 1980s.


References

  1. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ↑ "Priory". Kinnaird.net. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rossie Priory". Historic Houses Association. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Administrative/Biographical History". Archives Hub. Retrieved 19 July 2012.


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