Kinnoull is a parish in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately half a mile northeast of Perth city centre. Beginning at the level of the River Tay, which separates the parish from Perth, Kinnoull's terrain continues to rise as it continues southeast, culminating in Kinnoull Hill, the summit of which is at .
The main access roads to Kinnoull from the centre of Perth are Strathmore Street (the A94) and Muirhall Road, both in Bridgend.
History
The Hay family were early landowners in the area. In 1633, Sir George Hay, lord chancellor of Scotland, was made Earl of Kinnoull by Charles I.
He died the following year, aged 64, and was interred at Kinnoull Parish Church, in which a monument was erected in his honour.
Kinnoull Castle formerly stood on the banks of the Tay in the Barnhill area of Kinnoull.
Architecture
Although the area is largely residential, Kinnoull is also the home of St Mary's Monastery, which was established in 1869 as the first
Roman Catholic monastery to be built in Scotland since the Reformation.
Gannochy
The Robert Matthew Mitchell-designed
Gannochy Trust Housing Estate part of Kinnoull was founded by Arthur Kinmond Bell in 1922, when he purchased a large plot of land. At its lower western end, a portion of ground was left for recreational purposes. A
duck pond, tennis court and
curling pond were constructed adjacent to the Kinnoull Recreation Grounds on Muirhall Terrace. The pond still remains, but the tennis court and curling pond have been grassed over and bounded on three sides by a copse of trees. This grassed area, now known as the Curly, can be accessed via a
stile gate off Annat Road.
[ Curly and pond – Gannochy Trust]
Duck pond
Gannochy duck pond is located at the junction of Annat and Dupplin Roads. (Dupplin Road is named for Viscount Dupplin, the early styling of Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull.) In addition to its main inhabitants, it is home to
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Kinnoull Terrace
Kinnoull Terrace, a cul-de-sac just above the Dundee Road, is home to four villas and one double villa, all of listed status.
Sport
Kinnoull has its own bowls club and adjacent tennis clubs,[ Kinnoull Tennis Club – official site] both established in 1887 as Kinnoull Recreation Club[ The Gannochy Estate Newsletter, Summer 2019] and located on Muirhall Terrace.[ Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 25][ Perth Bowling at City-Visitor.com] The tennis club received a Clubmark accreditation in November 2009. Kinnoull Bowling Club is one of the 33 member clubs of Bowls Scotland's District 6.
Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club was established in 2012.[ Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club – official site] It plays its home fixtures at Perth Doo'cot Park, on Pitcullen Crescent, which was created by A. K. Bell in 1925. Its season runs from mid-May to the end of August.[
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Perth Archery Club, which is also based at Doo'cot Park, was founded in 2010.[ Perth Archery Club's website]
Notable people
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W. H. Findlay, photographer
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Effie Gray, wife of the critic John Ruskin, is buried in the Kinnoull Parish Church churchyard
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John Hunt, theologian
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James Walter Fairholme, Royal Navy officer and polar explorer lost during the Franklin Expedition
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