Kinross House is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Mansion. 14 related planning applications.

Kinross House

WRENN ID
fossil-tin-kestrel
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Mansion
Address
Kinross House, KY13 8ET
OS grid reference
NO 126 020
Coordinates
56.20294, -3.40976
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kinross House is a classic mansion built between 1684 and 1695 by Sir William Bruce, who was both the architect and owner. The house features two main storeys, with an attic storey above the entablature, constructed of ashlar stone. It has a rusticated basement and is 11 bays wide, with the outer three bays at each end projecting and supported by giant Corinthian pilasters at the corners. The portico on the west side is a modern copy based on original drawings, while the east portico is original. The piended slated roof, which was renewed in 1863, has a platform on top with a central lantern-light.

The interior of the house is particularly impressive, especially the Entrance Hall and Stair, the Garden Hall, and the Oak Room. On the west side, there are short quadrant corridors that connect the mansion to small garden houses, with polygonal sundials. These corridors lead to walls that enclose a vast forecourt, which ends at the north side with the Stable Gate and at the south side with the Kirk Gate. The garden on the east side is equally extensive and features loggias, a fountain, and statues, with a Fish Gate in the east wall.

Local climate

Kinross House receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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