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Fingask Castle

Location: Perthshire

Fingask Castle, is originally dated 1592 but has been much altered over the years, including damage in 1746 culminating in a major reordering in 1925. In January 1994 we were asked to undertake a pre-acquisition building survey by Andrew Threipland who has been the owner ever since, enjoying living in this very special property and using it as a wedding venue with holiday letting cottages and putting on the now well-known Fingask Follies.

21 years later Andrew asked if we still had a copy of the report – after a hiatus at our archive store we managed to retrieve the file and here are his comments on our report with the benefit of his experience of living there:

“Thank you and congratulations on the report you did on Fingask 21 years ago. There is no test of a house better than living in it so I can say with authority that your report was extraordinarily prescient. Reading it for the first time in 20 years you not only covered all the areas such a report should cover, but gave a pretty good indicator of what might happen, and the difficult areas of the house, and even hinted at some of the pleasures of living here. Well reported!”

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