Stobhall

Stobhall (or Stobhall Castle) is a country house and estate in Perthshire in Scotland, 8 miles (13 km) from Perth. The 17th-century dower house and several other buildings are Category A-listed with Historic Environment Scotland.[1]

Stobhall Castle in 1999, looking north

The lands at Stobhall have been in the hands of the Drummond family, the Earls of Perth, since the 14th century.[1] Stobhall Castle was the ancestral seat of the Drummonds, a stronghold of Roman Catholicism in Scotland after the English Reformation, the Drummonds being staunch Roman Catholic recusants.[2] It is one of two castles (the other is Drummond Castle) traditionally associated with the family.

In 2012, a number of items from the house were auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh, raising over £900,000; the heir apparent James David Drummond, Viscount of Strathallan (son of John Eric Drummond, 18th Earl of Perth and grandson of the 17th Earl) decided to move to London.[3][4]

References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "STOBHALL (GDL00348)". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "Now Up For Sale". Catholic Herald. 23 October 1953.
  3. "Treasures of Stobhall to go under hammer". The Scotsman. 1 April 2012.
  4. "Stobhall Castle auction surpasses expectations". BBC. 3 May 2012.

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