Basic Site Details | Name: | Concrete Parsonage. Knapp, Rossie Priory Estate | | Town, district or village: | Inchture | | City or county: | Perthshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | CONCRETE BUILDINGS AT ROSSIE PRIORY, PERTHSHIRE. - The recent revival of the ancient art of concrete building is attracting the increased attention of builders and others to a considerable extent. Lord Kinnaird has built one house and a considerable addition to another at Castlehill by this process. Satisfied with the superior advantages and comparative cheapness of the system, his Lordship is building a handsome new parsonage for the chaplain at the Knap (sic), situated within the policies, near the Mill Hill Lodge. The building is of two stories, with five gables in cottage style, containing dining-room, with three-light window ; drawing room, with bow window; four principal bed-rooms, some of them with two windows; bath-room, kitchen, sculleries, and other conveniences. The structure, which presents a very pleasing and interesting appearance, and seems to fit well with the surroundings, was designed by his lordship's surveyor and clerk of works, Mr. Duncan D Stewart, who superintended the labourers employed, these being occasionally assisted by one of his lordship's joiners, who fixed and refixed the apparatus. The materials used were .tones and refuse from the stonebreaker and in upper story ten loads of engine ashes were used. The walls up to the first joists are one foot thick, and the second story nine inches. ... report continues with comparative costs. [Building News 13 December 1872 p465]
Note - Although the church was restored it was not used for services and became the Kinnaird family mausoleum. The subsequent use of parsonage is unnkown and it is assumed now demolished
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Parsonage | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1872 | | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Duncan D Stewart | | | 1872 | | |
Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Lord Kinnaird | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 13 December 1872 | | | p465
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