Historic houses · Central Scotland
Brucefield House
Brucefield House — Category A listed building in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Alloa · 6.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Brucefield House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Category A listed building in Clackmannanshire, Scotland". Coordinates: 56.1065°, -3.6793°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Brucefield is an 18th-century country house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Clackmannan. The house was largely built in 1724 by Alexander Bruce, younger of Kennet. It was restored in the early 20th century, and is now protected as a Category A listed building.
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Background
History
Alexander Bruce was a soldier who fought in Flanders during the War of the Spanish Succession, and also fought on the government side during the Jacobite rising of 1715. Bruce married Mary Balfour, daughter of Robert Balfour, 4th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in 1714. Ten years later he built or substantially remodelled the house of Brucefield. The location of the house was described by the diarist John Ramsay of Ochtertyre as being "upon the top of a moor without a tree". whose daughter he had married in 1754. George Abercromby's son, Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), was a prominent soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. During the 1930s the house was restored for the Bruce family by the architect…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1065, -3.6793
- District
- Clackmannanshire
- Postcode
- FK10 3QF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar
- Established
- 1724
- Nearest railway station
- Alloa — 6.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4978532 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Brucefield House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brucefield House?
- Brucefield House is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode FK10 3QF).
- When was Brucefield House built?
- Built or established in 1724.
- Is Brucefield House a listed building?
- Brucefield House is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- How do I get to Brucefield House?
- The nearest railway station is Alloa, about 6.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode FK10 3QF.