Kinross House
Kinross House was build in the 1680s mansion in the Scottish town of Kinross on the shores of Loch Levens in the Scottish management unit ( Council Area ) Perth and Kinross and traditional Kinross-shire to the east of the Central Lowlands. It is located directly opposite the castle lying on Iceland Loch Leven Castle, where the Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned 1567/68, to her spectacular managed to escape. Kinross House is considered the first and most important early example of Neoclassical - Palladian architecture in Scotland.
History
In 1675, the " gentleman architect " Sir William Bruce country and dominion acquired by Kinross around by William Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton. The estate belonged beside Loch Leven Castle and the former, by William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton at almost the same place built manor Newhouse of Loch Leven, which was finally demolished in 1723. Just ten years after the purchase Bruce could very gentlemanly, but not entirely voluntarily devote his personal masterpiece, as Charles II, in whose service he was, died in 1685. Was repeatedly imprisoned Also known as Bruce as a result of the Glorious Revolution 1688/89 to end of his life as a Jacobite, he continued to work at Kinross House. The information on the exact construction of Kinross House vary slightly. According to the entry to Historic Scotland it was built in the years 1684-1695, while the garden was started already in 1679 or 1683 and be completed by 1700. Both are designed as a unit under the direction and according to the plans of the new landowner Sir William, the house and garden from the beginning.
In the 300 years since Sir William died in 1710 at an old age, subject to his estate as a magnificent work of art a constant change of decay and faithful to the original recovery, depending on the love and power of the respective owner. In 1777, the rich merchant George Graham acquired the possession of Bruce's descendants. When in 1819 his son Thomas Graham died, the entire inventory was sold and remained uninhabited for James Montgomery, husband of Thomas ' youngest daughter, has gone over property the next 80 years. It was only when Sir Basil Montgomery in 1902 took up his residence there, blossomed house and garden back in full glory. After nearly 200 years, the property of the Montgomery bought in 2011, the English businessman Donald Fothergill Kinross House as a family residence and had carried out a comprehensive restoration, which was in 2013 awarded the Restoration Award from the Historic Houses Association.
Garden
The entire designed area covers an area of 177 hectares, of which the landscape garden, including the more wooded areas occupying the majority. Was influenced Bruce's (landscape ) architecture and garden art of stays in the Netherlands and France. With the insertion of contemporary continental, especially French stylistic elements into his landscaping he did at Kinross House in this profession pioneered in Britain. He has worked out particularly impressive here headed by the avenue to the city through the main doors of the house terraces throughout the garden through to the shores of Loch Leven reaching and in Loch Leven Castle as Point de vue (, focus ') ending line of sight.
Importance
The building is listed since 1971 in category A of the Scottish monument classification and thus classified as nationally or internationally significant architectural monument. Since 1987, The Garden at Historic Scotland is included. He is considered one of the finest in Scotland.
In his travelogue The whole of Great Britain Iceland Daniel Defoe pointed out in 1726, there were in Scotland, and perhaps quite Britain, no better and form more perfect example of the architecture of a private mansion ( private gentleman's seat ) as Kinross House.