Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club

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Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club
Murrayshall Golf Course, near Scone, from the air (geograph 3605989).jpg
Murrayshall from the air, looking northeast, 2013
Club information
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Location in Scotland
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Location in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Coordinates 56°25′10″N3°22′14″W / 56.419502°N 3.370637°W / 56.419502; -3.370637
Location Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Established1981;44 years ago (1981)
Total holes36
Website https://www.murrayshall.co.uk/
Murrayshall Course (18 holes) [1]
Designed by J. Hamilton Stutt
Par 73
Length6,120 yards (5,600 m)
Lynedoch Course (18 holes) [2]
Par 70
Length5,684 yards (5,197 m)

Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club, in Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, features two 20th-century golf courses surrounding a 17th-century house. [3] The golf courses were completed in 1981, [4] having received approval from the Tayside Planning and Development Committee in 1976. [5] Located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Perth Airport, the two golf courses are Murrayshall and Lynedoch.

The architect of Murrayshall Course was J. Hamilton Stutt (1924–2008). [6]

The 41-bedroom Murrayshall House was built by Andrew Murray, son of Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, [3] in 1664. The building, which was later owned by Francis Norie-Miller, was put on the market for £4 million in 2015. It was voted Central Scotland and Fife's Golf Hotel of the Year shortly beforehand. [7] Hetherly Capital Partners purchased the property in 2016, and later undertook a £10-million regeneration project, to a design by Fergus Purdie Architects. [8] [9]

In 2021, the new owners submitted plans to: add a further fifty rooms to its hotel, create a golf academy and driving range, build fifty new homes, forty self-catering cottages and twenty-five tree houses or glamping pods. [10]

References

  1. Murrayshall Country Club - Murrayshall Course - BlueGolf
  2. Murrayshall Country Club - Lynedoch Course - BlueGolf
  3. 1 2 History - Murrayshall official website
  4. Scottish Golf Courses Murrayshall Golf Club - Scottish Golf Courses
  5. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal, Volume 179, Issues 14-26 (1976), p. 11
  6. J Hamilton Stutt 1924 - 2008 - EIGCA.org
  7. "Murrayshall House Hotel in Scone for sale with £4 million price tag" - Daily Record , 22 May 2015
  8. "Murrayshall Country House: £10m masterplan will transform historic Perthshire estate" - The Courier , 27 November 2020
  9. "Murrayshall Country House Hotel and Golf Club Proposed Future Estate Development - Fergus Purdie Architects
  10. "Hotel's expansion plans sparks concern over erosion of greenbelt" - Daily Record, 18 May 2021