Kinfauns | |
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Looking down to
Kinfauns Parish Church from near
Deuchny Wood, with
Fife in view beyond the
River Tay | |
Location within
Perth and Kinross | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PERTH |
Postcode district | PH2 |
Dialling code | 01738 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament |
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Scottish Parliament | |
Kinfauns is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the western end of the Carse of Gowrie, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Perth. [1]
The village is home to Kinfauns Castle, a Category A listed building erected in 1825. [2] and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. [3]
The parish was the home of Loch Kaitre, which stood on the site of the Manse of Kinfauns. It was still present in 1838, [4] but in the mid-19th century, a sinkhole appeared and the manse fell in, witnessed by the minister, who had just left his home en route to the church. The loch remained for a few generations, [5] before being drained by a tenant later in the century for agricultural use of the land beneath it. [6]
From 1847 to 1950 the village was served by Kinfauns railway station, originally on the Dundee and Perth Railway. [7]