Craigievar and Darnick

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Craigievar and Darnick
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Pictured in 2024
Location1–3 Kinnoull Terrace
Kinnoull
Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates 56°23′49″N3°25′12″W / 56.3969862°N 3.4200120°W / 56.3969862; -3.4200120
Builtc.1870
Architect Andrew Heiton
Architectural style(s)French Gothic
Listed Building – Category B
Designated26 August 1977
Reference no.LB39536
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Shown in Kinnoull

Craigievar and Darnick is an historic double villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1870. [1] The work of architect Andrew Heiton, who lived at the property upon its completion, [2] it is one of five listed properties on the street, denoted by Historic Environment Scotland as items of special interest. [1] Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.

The villa remained in the Heiton family until 1927, when Andrew Granger Heiton's widow, Catherine, sold it. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinnoull Terrace Craigievar and Darnick (LB39536)" . Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. Craigievar and Darnick – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  3. Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (1927), p. 385