Taymount House

Taymount House is a large, two-storey house designed by architect Mr. Milne in 1829, possibly incorporating a late 16th century cellar. The house has undergone alterations in 1926 and 1976 and is situated in a commanding position overlooking the River Tay. It features unusual cottage orné elements, including canted bays with triple gablets, timber-transomed and -mullioned gothic windows, and deep eaves overhangs. The exterior is finished with whitewashed harl and contrasting painted droved ashlar margins and cills.

The main south elevation has five bays with gothic-style glazing, bipartite French windows with four-part top lights on the ground floor, and large transomed bipartites on the first floor. The second and fourth bays are canted, while the fifth bay is set back. The former entrance elevation to the east is asymmetrical and features datestones from 1829 and 1976, with a former door on the left that has been blocked. First-floor windows break the eaves into dormerheads.

The house has decorative timber casement windows, as well as timber sash and case windows with various glazing patterns, including 4-pane, 12-pane, and plate glass. The roof is covered with graded grey slates, and there are polygonal and square ridge stacks with cans. The deeply overhanging eaves have plain bargeboarding.

Inside, some principal rooms retain a fine decorative scheme, including decorative plasterwork, timber panelling, mahogany doors, and timber fire surrounds. Renovations in 1926 included panelling in the sitting room, a canted bay in the drawing room, and ceiling plasterwork, the latter of which was renovated in 1976.

The property also features a large walled garden covering one Scots acre. The wall is flat-coped and made of stepped red brick, with boarded timber doors leading to segmental-arched brick-voussoired openings. There is a potting shed on the outer west elevation, which has an attached WWII ammunition dump to the north.