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词条 Killiechassie
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  1. History

  2. Architecture

  3. References

{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}Killiechassie is a country estate and house near Weem, about a mile northeast of Aberfeldy,[1] in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The estate lies on the banks of the River Tay in some 12 acres, about {{convert|74|mi}} north of Edinburgh. It was owned by the Douglas family in the latter part of the 19th century, and a new house was erected in 1865. A dovecote by the house was listed as Grade B on 9 June 1981. The house was purchased by author J. K. Rowling in 2001.[2]

History

Killiechassie Estate has existed for centuries, and historically fell within the civil parish of Logierait.[2] The name Killiechassie means "the church of the steep face" which refers to a church which stood on the hill there.[3] This was part of the earldom of Atholl and was then granted by Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, to Scone Abbey in the 12th century.[3]

In the 17th century the estate was owned by members of Clan Murray who were the Dukes of Atholl.[3] Later proprietors of Killiechassie included the Robertson family, who belonged to the house of Struan.[4] In 1727 the estate was owned by the Reverend Robert Stewart, who left money for a chapel to be built there. On his death in 1729 he was buried here, followed by his wife, Anne, a year later.[5] According to legend, Bonnie Prince Charlie was reputed to have sheltered in a sycamore tree here on his retreat to Inverness in 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745–46.[6] A small loch in the vicinity is, according to superstition, occupied by a Celtic water spirit.[7]

In 1850 the estate was documented to be held by a Miss Fleming, when it was described by poet David Millar as "almost opposite Aberfeldy, a sweet place, but capable of much greater embellishment."[8]

In the later 19th century the estate was owned by the Douglas family, and an Edward Octavius Douglas, nephew of John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry held it in 1871, and a Hannah Charlotte Douglas by 1892.[9][10] In 1865 the older house was replaced with a new one.[7]

On 26 December 2001 British author J. K. Rowling married Neil Murray at Killiechassie, the ceremony being held in the library.[11][12] She had bought the estate a month earlier as a retreat from press and public intrusion. She was reported to have paid £440,000 (£500,000 according to some)[13] for another house which shared the same drive and then paid around £1.5 million for 72 acres of farmland adjacent to the property.[11]

Architecture

The current house was built in 1865. A freestanding dovecote, built from rubble at this time, is a grade B listed feature, having a "Gothic, symmetrical frontage with centre tower and pyramid roof", with jerkin-head gables.[14][15] However, the house remains classified as a Georgian property,[16] and Country Life notes that it retains the feel of a Georgian building, although with intensive alteration, and now features double-glazing, "mock-Georgian" doors, and "fake stone cladding".[17]

There are two halls, a dining room, a drawing room, a morning room, and seven bedrooms, with a two-bedroom extension on the west wing.[11] The swimming pool is covered with copper domes. Since Rowling has acquired the property she has undertaken extensive security measures, with a state-of-the-art electronic security system, including six-foot-high gates and a CCTV camera, and guards 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[11]

Aberfeldy distillery (part of the Dewar's group), school, Castle Menzies and General Wade's bridge across the Tay at Aberfeldy are in the vicinity.

References

1. ^{{Google books|title=Johnston's gazetteer of Scotland: including a glossary of the most common Gaelic names|id=dCIOAQAAMAAJ|page=141}}
2. ^{{google books|title=Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical|id=61k-AQAAIAAJ|year=1998||page=549}}
3. ^1 2 {{citation|url=http://design15.clickstay.net/sub-history/breadalbane/Killiechassie.htm |title=Killiechassie |author=Breadalbane Historical Society |publisher=Explore Scotland |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075018/http://design15.clickstay.net/sub-history/breadalbane/Killiechassie.htm |archivedate= 7 April 2014 |df= }}
4. ^{{google books|title=The Art Journal|id=uIPlAAAAMAAJ||page=54}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.highlandperthshirenews.co.uk/general-civic-activities/killiechassie-burial-ground |title=Killiechassie Burial Ground |date=9 May 2013 |work=Highland Perthshire News |author=Anne Beeson |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331143943/http://www.highlandperthshirenews.co.uk/general-civic-activities/killiechassie-burial-ground |archivedate=31 March 2014 |df= }}
6. ^{{citation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1363103/Rowling-buys-a-place-to-potter.html |title=Rowling buys a place to potter |author=Tara Womersley |date=22 Nov 2001 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph}}
7. ^1 {{google books|title=Harry Potter Places Book Five—Scotland|id=LYfQFKxrCzsC&pg=PT94|pages=94–95}}
8. ^{{google books|last=Millar|first=David |title=The Tay: A Poem|id=V5GTU6JiYDcC&pg=PA124|year=1850|publisher=T. Richardson and D. Wood|page=124}}
9. ^{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Sir Bernard|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=161CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA363|year=1871|publisher=Harrison|page=363}}
10. ^{{cite book|last=Shennan|first=Hay|title=Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland as Settled by the Boundary Commissioners Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meygAAAAMAAJ|year=1892|publisher=W. Green|page=234}}
11. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last=Sexton|first=Colleen A.|title=J. K. Rowling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v5Qu6O9dXnkC&pg=PA94|year=2006|publisher=Lerner Publications|isbn=978-0-8225-3423-5|page=94}}
12. ^{{google book|title=J.K. Rowling: A Biography|id=UE8GVX6bpIYC|date=May 2003|page=217}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/rowling-retreats-to-banks-of-the-tay-author-pays-pounds-500-000-for-historic-perthshire-house-1.166998|title=Rowling retreats to banks of the Tay Author pays £500,000 for historic Perthshire house |work=The Herald|location=Scotland|date=21 November 2001|accessdate=30 March 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-19831-killiechassie-dovecot-weem/map|title=Killiechassie, Dovecot|publisher=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|accessdate=30 March 2014}}
15. ^{{citation |title=Perth and Kinross |page=90 |chapter=Doocots |author=John Gifford |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780300109221}}
16. ^{{cite book|last1=Beahm|first1=George|last2=Kirk|first2=Tim|title=Muggles and Magic: An Unofficial Guide to J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCGm8JiXP1cC|date=28 February 2007|publisher=Hampton Roads Publishing|isbn=978-1-57174-542-2|page=19}}
17. ^{{cite book|title=Country Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3FMAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|page=64}}
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