Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leckie House

Leckie House, a mansion in Gargunnock parish, Stirlingshire, 1 mile W by N of Gargunnock village. Picturesquely seated on the E side of the glen of Leckie Burn, it is a large and elegant edifice, built about 1836 in the English Baronial style, with beautiful pleasuregrounds, and an exquisite view of the Strath of Monteith. Its owner, Alastair Erskine Graham Moir, Esq. (b. 1863; suc. 1864), holds 3450 acres in the shire, valued at £3471 per annum. At old Leckie House, which occupies a lower site on the opposite side of the glen, Prince Charles Edward dined 13 Sept. 1745.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Gargunnock Parish       Stirlingshire County

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