Rectory House, formerly the Dean's House, is a historic building in
Dunkeld,
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. Standing adjacent to the gates to
Dunkeld Cathedral at the western end of
Cathedral Street, it is a Category B
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
dating to . It is two storeys, with a five-window frontage and later attic
dormer
A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window.
Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space ...
s.
In 1787, fiddler
Niel Gow
Niel Gow (1727 – 1 March 1807) was the most famous Scottish fiddler of the eighteenth century.
Early life
Gow was born in Strathbraan, Perthshire, in 1727, as the son of John Gow and Catherine McEwan. The family moved to Inver in Perthshi ...
entertained
Robert Burns here.
"Niel Gow, 1727 - 1807. Violinist and composer"
– National Galleries Scotland
See also
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References
Listed buildings in Dunkeld
Category B listed buildings in Perth and Kinross
1715 establishments in Scotland
Clergy houses in Scotland
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