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Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.It is located within a large estate, around two miles (3 km) west of Cumnock.Noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th-century furniture still present, including specially commissioned Thomas Chippendale pieces, the house and estate is now owned by The King's Foundation, a charity which maintains ...
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Lacking an economic source of fuel as mines closed, the power station shut down in 1989, High House pits closed in 1983, and Auchinleck village subsided into post-industrial recession. However, with the recent acquisition and subsequent development of Dumfries House in the area by Prince Charles , Duke of Rothesay , and with new building taking ...
Dumfries House featured in the ITV documentary A Royal Grand Design this week which followed its renovation over more than a decade. The King, as the then-Prince of Wales, led a consortium which ...
Charles takes most of his evening meals in the Pink Dining Room while staying at Dumfries House, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation charity.
Auchinleck Old House was built in 1612, [5] and was the home of the Boswell family prior to the building of the current Auchinleck House. Again, the ruins are still standing within the estate. [6] The "new" Auchinleck House was built circa 1760 by Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck.