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Kinross House, near Kinross burgh, Scotland; by Sir William Bruce, 1685–92.
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Kinross House

building, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Kinross House, near Kinross burgh, Scotland; by Sir William Bruce, 1685–92.
Kinross House, near Kinross burgh, Scotland; by Sir William Bruce, 1685–92.

Kinross House is an architectural landmark located on a peninsula east of the burgh of Kinross, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Designed by Sir William Bruce, the house was built between 1685 and 1692. Kinross itself is a small burgh and the historic county town of Kinross-shire, situated on Loch Leven. The area is primarily residential and serves as a local agricultural market center. Lochleven Castle, on an island in the loch, is historically significant as the site where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned from 1567 to 1568.12

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