Kinross House, Kinross

Name: Kinross House
Address: Kinross, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Kinross

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Kinross House is a late 17th-century country house overlooking Loch Leven, near Kinross in Kinross-shire, Scotland. Construction of the house began in 1685, by the architect Sir William Bruce as his own home. It is regarded as one of his finest works, and was called by Daniel Defoe "the most beautiful and regular piece of architecture in Scotland". The builder was Tobias Bauchop of Alloa. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: NeoclassicismCoordinates: 56°12'11"N, 3°24'35"W

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Kinross House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lochleven Castle, Bunnet Stane, Burleigh Castle, Tullibole Castle.

0.7 miE
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Lochleven Castle, Kinross
18 min walk • Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
5 miNE
Rock, Nature, Natural attraction
Bunnet Stane
128 min walk • The Bunnet Stane is a rock formation near the hamlet of Gateside in Fife, at the foot of West Lomond. It sits upon one of the calciferous sandstone outcrops of the Old Red Sandstone suie that exist around the base of the Lomond Hills.
1.6 miN
Ruins, Architecture, Forts and castles
Burleigh Castle, Milnathort
41 min walk • The remains of Burleigh Castle are located just outside the village of Milnathort, 1.5 miles north of Kinross, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
4.7 miW
Forts and castles
Tullibole Castle
119 min walk • Tullibole Castle is a 17th-century castle in Crook of Devon, a village in Perthshire. It was built by John Halliday in 1608 and is currently owned by the Moncreiff family. The castle was designated a Category A listed building in 1971.
5.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
West Lomond
134 min walk • West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife, Scotland and the highest peak in the Lomond Hills. Its cone-shaped summit, which is the remains of a volcanic plug, rises above an escarpment of Carboniferous sandstone and limestone layers, capped with a quartz-microgabbro sill.
3.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Benarty Hill
79 min walk • Benarty Hill, locally simply Benarty, rises above and to the west of Ballingry, in the west of Fife, Scotland. The summit ridge forms the boundary with Perth and Kinross.
1.5 miE
Park
Loch Leven, Kinross
37 min walk • Loch Leven is a fresh water loch located immediately to the east of the burgh of Kinross in Perth and Kinross council area, central Scotland. Roughly triangular, the loch is about 6 km at its longest.
4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ore
118 min walk • Loch Ore is a loch situated in Fife, Scotland. It forms the core of Lochore Meadows Country Park. It is used mainly for leisure purposes, especially yachting, although the uneven depth can make speed boating problematic.
2.4 miSE
Island
St Serf's Inch
62 min walk • St Serf's Inch or St Serf's Island is an island in Loch Leven, in south-eastern Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was the home of a Culdee and then an Augustinian monastic community, St Serf's Inch Priory.
6.2 miSW
Racetrack
Knockhill, Dunfermline
159 min walk • Knockhill Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Fife, Scotland. It opened in September 1974 and is Scotland's national motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the countryside about 6 miles north of Dunfermline. It is the only FIA approved circuit in Scotland.
6.3 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Knockhill
160 min walk • Knockhill Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Fife, Scotland. It opened in September 1974 and is Scotland's national motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the countryside about 6 miles north of Dunfermline. It is the only FIA approved circuit in Scotland.