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Arthurstone House, Castle Folly and Greenhouses

Folly (period Unassigned), Glasshouse (19th Century) - (20th Century)

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Arthurstone House, Castle Folly and Greenhouses stands in Perth and Kinross as a sharp reminder that pride often builds absurd things. The castle folly mocks grandeur while the nineteenth and twentieth century greenhouses suggest someone still believed life could be forced through glass. Together they capture a house proud enough to play at being a castle and stubborn enough to keep growing things long after sense departed.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Arthurstone House, Castle Folly and Greenhouses as Folly (period Unassigned), Glasshouse (19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Arthurstone House, Castle Folly and Greenhouses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the castle folly likely constructed as a decorative feature by a local landowning family. The site is remembered for its architectural interest and as an example of the 18th-century trend for landscape follies in Scottish estate design.

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