Manse of Kinfauns

Manse of Kinfauns
Kinfauns House
Location of Manse of Kinfauns in Perth and Kinross
Location	Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Coordinates	56.385285°N 3.346666°W / 56.385285; -3.346666
Built	1791 (234 years ago) (1791)
Architect	William Macdonald Mackenzie (1840 addition)
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated	9 June 1981
Reference no.	LB11950

The Manse of Kinfauns (also known as Kinfauns House) is an historic building located in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was built in 1791[1] and is now a Category C listed building,[2] It was formerly the manse for the nearby Kinfauns Parish Church.[2]

An addition, to the east, in 1840 was the work of William Macdonald Mackenzie, Perth's City Architect,[2] who was born in St Martins, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the north.

The Church of Scotland sold the property in 1958 to a private owner who remained there for 45 years. It was sold again in 2003.[1]

Loch Kaitre formerly occupied the site beside the manse. It was still present in 1838,[3] but in the mid-19th century, a sinkhole appeared and the manse fell in, witnessed by the minister, who had just left his home en route to the church. The loch remained for a few generations,[4]: 107  before being drained by a tenant later in the century for agricultural use of the land beneath it.[4]: 108  It is possible Mackenzie's work in 1840 was actually repair work after this episode.

See also

• List of listed buildings in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross

References

1. Reid, Fiona (8 March 2012). "A manse a manse for a' that". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
2. "Kinfauns House (former Manse)". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
3. Buist, George (1838). The Steam-boat Companion Betwixt Perth and Dundee. Edinburgh: Fraser and Crawford.
4. Marshall, William (1880). Historic Scenes in Perthshire. Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Co. pp. 107–8.