K
inpurnie Castle is a magnificent
Category ‘B’ Listed mansion
house in the Scots baronial style,
dating back to 1907. It has a harled and
painted exterior lying under a slated roof
and very much encapsulates the Scots
baronial style with a castellated tower,
turrets, fine dressed stone architectural
details, astragal windows and a highly
ornate porte cochere of dressed stone,
castellated
pediment
and
arched
astragal windows.
The flair of the exterior continues in the
interior and boasts a wealth of period
features throughout including oak panelled
reception hall with fine oak staircase,
polish wooden floors, panelled doors with
original door furniture, ornate cornicing
and ceiling plasterwork together with
magnificent fireplaces. Despite the scale
and proportions of Kinpurnie Castle it is
surprisingly manageable.
The principal accommodation on the ground floor comprises an
oak panelled reception hall, four elegant reception rooms with
marble fireplaces and elaborate ceilings and cornicing. The kitchen
and number of stores and pantries are found in the practical
east wing.
There are four bedroom suites, four further bedrooms and four
bathrooms with eight further secondary bedrooms all lying over the
first and second floors. There is potential to enhance the principal
bedroom suites by altering the existing layout to create en suite
bathrooms in the existing dressing rooms. On the lower ground
floor there is a series of storage rooms which could be converted to
provide a state of the art gymnasium or entertainment suite.
K
inpurnie Castle was designed by
Thoms & Wilkie of Dundee and
built in 1907-8 for Sir Charles
Cayzer, the ship owner and founder
of the clan line, who had recently
acquired the estate from the Earl of
Wharncliff’s Trustees.
The gate lodge and entrance gates,
together with the carriage house, were
designed and built at the same time
together with the walled garden. It has
all been described by John Gifford in the
Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee
(Published year 2012) as being in the
free C17 Scotstyle, otherwise known as
Scots Renaissance.
The finest craftsmen of the time were
employed to decorate the house and
the magnificent plaster work is by the
Bromsgrove Guild, a company of artists
and designers associated with the Arts
& Crafts movement. Probably the most
famous of their works are the main
gates of Buckingham Palace. Kinpurnie
Castle Lodge Kinpurnie Castle Lodge is a
category ‘B’ listed gate lodge lying within
the castle policies and adjacent to the
northern entrance. Built over one and a
half storeys it provides a kitchen, sitting
room, dining room, two bedrooms and
a bathroom.
The lodge is surrounded by mature woodland and
sits within its own garden.