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Coordinates: 54°50′23″N 5°06′59″W / 54.8397°N 5.1163°W / 54.8397; -5.1163
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Dunskey Estate (also known as Portree Estate) is north of Portpatrick on the west coast of Scotland. The B-listed mansion dates from the start of the twentieth century and replaced an earlier early-eighteenth century house.[1] Since 2017 it has been used as a tourist, wedding and film venue.[2][3] Prior to the early 1700s Dunskey Castle was the main building on the estate; it is now a ruined building and scheduled monument with no public access.[4][5][6]

The estate was the property of the Hunter-Blair family of Blairquhan in Ayrshire and was acquired when Jane (or Jean) Blair of Dunskey, wife of James Hunter, succeeded her brother to Dunskey estates in 1777. A house dating from 1706 was extended in the 1830s.[7] The Rev James Blair acquired the estate in 1648.[8]

Dunskey Estate has been in the Orr Ewing family since 1900.[8] The house was built 1901-04 for Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing MP and his wife Lady Augusta Helen Elizabeth Boyle (daughter of David Boyle 7th Earl of Glasgow) to a design by James Kennedy Hunter.[7][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "DUNSKEY, DUNSKEY HOUSE INCLUDING SUNDIAL (Category B Listed Building) (LB16749)". Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ "Dunskey Estate Splendour Found". Dunskey Estate. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ^ "Dunskey Estate - Private Scottish castle sleeping up to 36 guests". www.celticcastles.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. ^ "Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick – Monuments & Ruins". www.visitscotland.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "DUNSKEY CASTLE (LB16777) (LB16777)". Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Dunskey Castle (Scheduled Monument) (SM2017)". Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. ^ a b "Dunskey House from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  8. ^ a b "About Us". Dunskey Estate. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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