Kinross House, viewed from the east through the garden gate.

Kinross House is a late 17th century country house overlooking Loch Leven, near Kinross in central Scotland. Loch Leven ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lìobhann) is a Fresh water Loch in Perth and Kinross council area central Scotland. Kinross ( Gaelic: Ceann Rois) is a Burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Construction of the house was begun in 1686, by the architect Sir William Bruce as his own home. Sir William Bruce of Kinross 1st Baronet ( Circa 1630 &ndash 1 January 1710 was a Scottish Gentleman - Architect, "the effective It is regarded as one of his finest works, and was called by Daniel Defoe "the most beautiful and regular piece of Architecture in Scotland". Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 — April 24, 1731 was an English Writer, Journalist, and Pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for ^[1] The house, which is undoubtedly the most important early classical mansion in Scotland, retains most of its original internal decoration. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. As a still occupied family home it is not open to the public, although the elegant gardens can be visited.

The structure is also notable in its precocious use of a medieval building as focus, as the house itself, and its garden avenue, are deliberately orientated on the 'picturesque' object of 14th century Loch Leven Castle on an island in the adjacent loch. Loch Leven Castle is a ruined Castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. A loch (usually Lough as a name element outside Scotland) is a body of Water which is either a Lake or

References

• Fenwick, Hubert (1970) Architect Royal: The Life and Works of Sir William Bruce Roundwood Press

External links

• Kinross House and Gardens