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Rectory House

Coordinates: 56°33′55″N 3°35′19″W / 56.5652°N 3.5886°W / 56.5652; -3.5886
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Rectory House
The building in 2012
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Former namesDean's House
General information
AddressCathedral Street
Dunkeld
CountryScotland
Coordinates56°33′55″N 3°35′19″W / 56.5652°N 3.5886°W / 56.5652; -3.5886
Completedc. 1715 (309 years ago) (1715)
Technical details
Floor count2
Other information
Public transit accessNational Rail Dunkeld and Birnam
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameDean's House (now Recory House), Cathedral Street (N.)
Designated5 October 1971
Reference no.LB5640

Rectory House, formerly the Dean's House, is a historic building in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Standing adjacent to the gates to Dunkeld Cathedral at the western end of Cathedral Street, it is a Category B listed building dating to c. 1715. It is two storeys, with a five-window frontage and later attic dormers.[1]

In 1787, fiddler Niel Gow entertained Robert Burns here.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ "DEAN'S HOUSE (NOW RECTORY HOUSE), CATHEDRAL STREET (N.) (LB5640)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ The St. Andrew's Society of San Francisco, newsletter, volume 157, no. 1, January 2020
  3. ^ "Niel Gow, 1727 - 1807. Violinist and composer"National Galleries Scotland