STOBHALL 



PERTHSHIRE 



|N one respect the beautiful house of Stob- 

 hall impresses one with melancholy. It 

 is a notable and commendable example 

 of the manner in which ancient archi- 

 tecture should be preserved from the 

 ravages of our most edacious climate ; but it is no 

 longer "a home/' except for the caretaker, whose 

 presence only seems to accentuate the silence which 

 reigns undisputed where of old 



" Joy was within and joy without, 

 Vnder that wlonkest waw [splendid wall], 

 Quhair Tay run down with stremis stout 

 Full strecht vnder Stobschaw." 



The lands of Stobhall were granted by Robert the 

 Bruce to Sir Malcolm Drummond after the great 

 victory of Bannockburn, when so many of English 

 Edward's barons were dispossessed of their estates 

 in Scotland. It was the birthplace of Sir Malcolm's 

 great-granddaughter, Annabella, who became Queen 

 of Scots by her marriage with Robert III. It has 

 descended through a long line of Drummonds to its 



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