Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross

Kinfauns
Looking down to Kinfauns Parish Church from near Deuchny Wood, with Fife in view beyond the River Tay
Kinfauns Location within Perth and Kinross
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERTH
Postcode district	PH2
Dialling code	01738
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	North Tayside North East Scotland

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]

Background

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]

See also

• List of listed buildings in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross

References

1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
2. Historic Environment Scotland. "KINFAUNS CASTLE (Category A Listed Building) (LB11955)". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
3. Historic Environment Scotland. "KINFAUNS CASTLE (GDL00240)". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
4. The steam-boat companion betwixt Perth and Dundee (1838)
5. Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 107)
6. Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 108)
7. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 237. OCLC 931112387.