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22: 109:, Orkney. Trumland was later sold again, and passed through a series of owners until a fire on 4 April 1985 caused the house considerable damage, leaving the property roofless and with the upper floors and principal rooms seriously damaged or destroyed. After re-roofing in 1985 the house was again sold, and passed un-restored through a series of owners until purchased by the present owners in 2002, who are restoring the house and gardens to its previous form. 871: 75:
and canted windows, made from the local Rousay stone, with fine carved finials and architectural detailing. The house is three stories high with an attic, gable windows and dormers creating a fourth story. The house utilized the first and second stories as the principal living and sleeping quarters
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Trumland was built to replace Westness House for General Sir Frederick W. Trail-Burroughs (1831-1905), who inherited Rousay and Wyre from his grand-uncle George W. Traill. Westness House, circa 1850, was the home of the Traill family on Rousay until 1863. Traill-Burroughs hired architect,
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Traill-Burroughs unsuccessfully tried to sell the Rousay estate, including both Westness House and Trumland House – beginning in 1889. He died in 1905. Trumland passed from the Traill-Burroughs family in the 1920s, and was later purchased by the Grant family of
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for the owners, the majority of the ground floor and attics were made over to management of the house and estate. The first owner's initials, F.W.T.B,and his wife's initial's E.D.G and the date 1873 are carved on a panel above the front door.
89:, in 1870 to build a new, larger family home after Traill-Burrough's marriage to Eliza D’Oyly Geddes on 4 June 1870. Traill-Burroughs and his wife chose a sheltered location for the site of the new house in a small valley through which a 942: 93:(stream) flows down to the sea. The new house was constructed between 1872 and 1873. Building costs were originally estimated to be £3,000, but the overall costs expanded to nearly £12,000 by the end of the project. 692: 623: 927: 701: 618: 259: 766: 746: 685: 628: 659: 649: 932: 888: 937: 678: 56: 157: 252: 454: 449: 444: 439: 52: 21: 816: 102: 726: 245: 98: 608: 277: 211: 587: 572: 533: 333: 72: 806: 577: 567: 161: 836: 716: 644: 543: 292: 947: 875: 603: 378: 348: 90: 33: 182: 129: 613: 368: 921: 851: 801: 776: 508: 353: 40: 811: 786: 518: 503: 419: 398: 358: 68: 36: 101:
whisky, and was used as the summer residence for Mr Walter Grant, who also owned
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Listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland
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Overlooking the sound between Rousay and the island of
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment
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Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment
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Category B listed
house
estate
Rousay
David Bryce
Sir F W Traill-Burroughs
Eliza D’Oyly Geddes
Wyre
crow-stepped gables
David Bryce
burn
Grant's
Highland Park whisky
Kirkwall


"Rounsay, Trumland House #2664"


Historic Environment Scotland
"TRUMLAND HOUSE (Category B Listed Building) (LB18641)"
"Rousay, Westness House"


"Eliza D'Oyly Traill Burroughs (1849–1908): a voice from the 'Unrecorded Past'"
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