Description

David Bryce, 1841, enlarged 1850, incorporating earlier
house, currently in ruins. 3-storey and attic Scottish
Baronial mansion. Squared and stugged stone and ashlar
dressings.
Curtain wall remains on asymmetrical plan, of asymmetrical
design, including stock Bryce Baronial motifs; squared
corbelled bartizans, crowstepped gables and balustraded
balconies.

Statement of Interest

Bryce was commissioned in 1841 to design the mansion

around a long, low, narrow earlier house, by George

Sligo, a relation of Bryce's later client at Inzievar

House, Dunfermline. John Watson Laidlay commissioned the

enlargement in 1850. The Baronial style was polularised

by Burn and Bryce, and Seacliffe demonstrated the

specifically Brycian variant of the style. The house was

destroyed by fire in the 20th century, but the stables

and service cottage remain, the latter (Seacliffe

Cottage) is listed separately. Auldhame and Scoughall

were part of the Seacliffe estate.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56620745

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)