Kinfauns Castle, Gothic mansion near River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Kinfauns Castle is a Neo-Gothic mansion in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, designed by architect Sir Robert Smirke and completed in 1825. It rises two to three stories with battlements, towers, and turrets along the south bank of the River Tay.
Thomas de Longueville, a French knight who had turned to piracy, received the land in 1313 after helping Robert the Bruce take Perth from English forces. The Charteris family later held the estate for centuries before the current building replaced an earlier structure on the same site.
The name of this estate appeared in maritime history when the Union-Castle Line named a steamer after it in 1899. Seen from the far bank of the river, the building remains a defining feature of this stretch of the Tay.
The property is a private residence and cannot be visited, with security fencing in place since 2005. The clearest views of the building are from the opposite bank of the River Tay, where the roofline and towers stand out against the skyline.
A large two-handed sword said to have belonged to Thomas de Longueville is still connected to the estate's history. It is considered one of the oldest surviving objects tied to the early story of this site.
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