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Balcaskie House
A
mansion house with a garden and fine views looking out over
the Firth of Forth, situated in the East Neuk of Fife a
mile north of St Monance.
Originally
the site of a tower house, Balcaskie was remodelled by Sir
William Bruce, Surveyor-General of the Royal Works in Scotland,
who owned the property from 1665 to 1684. In 1698 Balcaskie
came into the hands of the Anstruthers who still live in
the house. Bruce's garden was the first formally-designed
garden to be created in Scotland and the driveway from the
west was designed by W.S. Gilpin in 1826-27.
