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Binnhill Tower is a stone-built tower in the
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style, located in
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Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
, Scotland. A Category B listed structure,Binnhill Tower
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it stands on Binn Hill, in the centre of Binn Wood, about east of
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. It was designed in 1839 by local architect William Mackenzie, to an order by
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.William Macdonald Mackenzie
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The tower became roofless and was vandalised in the late 20th century. It was placed on the
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in 1997.Binnhill Tower, Kinfauns
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Put on the market in 2015, with an asking price of £28,000, it sold in September of that year. It was listed for sale again, in March 2022, when it was noted that it had lapsed planning permission to be restored.


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File:Binn Hill from Deuchny Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2181416.jpg, Binn Wood, looking south from
Deuchny Wood Deuchny Wood (also known as Deuchny Woodland Park) is a Forestry and Land Scotland site in Perth, Scotland.


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, 28 September 2017 Towers in Scotland 1839 establishments in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Perth and Kinross