History of the Stewarts | Castles and Buildings
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Kinfauns Castle
Perthshire
Lord Gray had inherited the estate of Kinfauns from his mother, the last Miss Blair of Kinfauns. Smirke´s other work in Scotland included Newton Don (Roxburghshire), Cultoquhey (Perthshire) and the County Buildings in Perth. In 1878 the castle passed by entail to Edmund Archibald Stuart (b.1840), who succeeded his kinsman as 14th Earl of Moray in 1895.
Kinfauns Castle was originally a medieval stone fortress, founded by the Charteris family. Kinfauns was the family seat from the 14th century but the character or date of the earlier castle is not known. The present building is a large two storey Gothic mansion, with three storey towers, a tall central tower and a large terrace with angle bastions.
The Stewart Society had its first expedition to Kinfauns as long ago as 1909 when, according to the earliest Minute Book, "The Hon. Morton Stuart Grey of Kinfauns ... explained his desire to have the members of the Society at a Garden Party at Kinfauns Castle on Saturday 19 June". The visit took place "in most delightful weather. The members were driven to and from the castle by the Hon. Mr. Stuart Gray and were most hospitably received and entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Gray ...".
The castle is now owned by Ann Gloag.