Dunmore Park

Castledown · Aug 13, 2009

Visited first in December '08 and again in August '09, Dunmore Park is a great place with several interesting things to see. Located near Airth, the estate is best known for the Pineapple pavilion now owned by NTS, but there's also the fantastic Dunmore Park house, stables, walled garden and Elphinstone tower to take a look at.

The house dates from around 1820 and is the work of architect William Wilkins who built it in the popular tudor gothic style of the time. It has some beautiful features including an octagonal entrance hall and grand porte cochere. The estate was auctioned off in sections after the war and the house acted as a girls' school for a period before being abandoned and becoming derelict. In 1989 the owner was refused permission for demolition and was later fined for demolishing part of the rear service wing unlawfully. An application for restoration in 2006 proposed rennovating the property for residential use however this wasn't approved and so the house still remains ruinous. It's unspoiled location still makes it a desirable property for restoration however.

The following pictures are a mix of those from my two visits. Hope you enjoy

The House

The Stables

The Tower

The Pineapple

Neosea · Aug 14, 2009

Great looking place, thanks for sharing

klempner69 · Aug 14, 2009

I did enjoy these pics...its such a waste to see such a place in this state.Thanx for putting this up.

escortmad79 · Aug 14, 2009

I love Dunmore House, if I had the money to do it up I would!

One of my favourite explores, even though the trek to it is miles, it was pissing down when I went & there were people in the woods down the back shooting rabbits or game!

No pics of the smashed open caskets in the mausoleum?

My pics of when I visited:

Dunmore House: http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1666285.html
Dunmore Tower: http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1666304.html
Dunmore Pineapple: http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1660925.html