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has been brought in to help with the maintenance of the palace. The
Crichton-Stuart family has transferred the ownership of the House of Falkland to the Falkland Stewardship Trust, who has leased it to Falkland House School, which provides education for boys with additional support needs. The estate
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In 1821, John Bruce acquired the estate including
Nuthill house. He performed various improvements to the house and built stables. Margaret Bruce inherited the estate when her uncle died in 1826. She married Onesiphours Tyndall Bruce in 1828, and they made the decision to demolish Nuthill House and
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During the First World War the house was used as a convalescent home, and then occasionally as a holiday home in the 1920s and the 1930s. In the Second World War, it was used as a home for Polish airmen. Due to the size of the house, the
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Jacobean style. It consists of a main block with two service wings at the rear – the east range for the male staff and the west range for the female staff. Although the service wings are much larger than the main block, the main house was decorated and positioned in
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