Description

Circa 1850. Good single-storey and attic mansionhouse of
William Burn Jacobethan type. Single storey and attic,
symmetrical W front 2-window and centre gable with canted
bay, other fronts asymmetrical, open entrance porch on S
later conservatory at SW gable. Local rubble with red
sandstone dressings, gables and gablets curvilinear, lying
panes, slated roof, octagonal shafted chimneys.

Statement of Interest

Porch unfortunately harshly retooled consequent upon severe weathering.

Items 68-100 form B group with items 18-20 in original list.

An outstanding example of an early-mid Victorian Highland resort in a setting of great natural beauty, built mainly

following the opening of the Perth and Dunkeld Railway in 1856. In 1865 it was noted that the trade of Dunkeld and

Birnam had suffered with the extension of the Railway. The main development was thus between 1856 and 1863, when Birnam was the terminus.

Very completely preserved to date St Mary's Tower and Birnam House being the only serious losses while the only intrusion of any consequence has been a modern bungalow inserted between Birnam Hotel and Oransay.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17845513

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  For the Record
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)