Grandtully

Grandtully
Scottish Gaelic: *Gar an Tulaich*
Scots: *Grantully*
Grandtully Scottish Gaelic: Gar an Tulaich; Scots: Grantully;
	Grandtully in winter
	Grandtully Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference	NN912531
Council area	Perth and Kinross;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PITLOCHRY
Postcode district	PH9xx
Dialling code	01887
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Perth and North Perthshire;
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire North;
	List of places UK Scotland 56°39′25″N 3°46′35″W / 56.656998°N 3.776385°W

Grandtully (pronounced as "Grantly" and sometimes also spelt "Grantully") is a small village in Perthshire, Scotland.

It is situated close to the River Tay, about 3 miles (5 kilometres) from Pitlochry.^[1] It has a population of approximately 750 inhabitants.

Parish Church

Grandtully has a Church of Scotland parish church; it is now part of Grantully, Logierait and Strathtay Parish (within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Dunkeld and Meigle).

St Mary's church

St Mary's Church and graveyard at Grandtully

St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully - Painted Ceiling

In Nether Pitcairn, 3.2 km south-west of Grandtully, there is a church built by Alexander Stewart of Grandtully in, or shortly before, 1533.^[2]

It is a low and outwardly unassuming white washed building that contains a wooden barrel vault ceiling with tempera paintings from the early 17th century commissioned by William Stewart around 1636. At the centre, a painted aedicule frames a death-bed and resurrection scene.^[3] The ceiling includes scenes and persons from the bible intermixed with the coats of arms of kings and noblemen, and in addition an abundance of birds, fruits and angels, all depicted in a renaissance style with cartouches and imitated metal work. The paintings were restored in about 1950.^[4]

Grandtully Castle

Dating to 1560, although an earlier castle stood around 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) east and dates from 1414; only its foundations remain.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

The Drummond-Stewart baronets
William Stewart of Grandtully, landowner and courtier.
Sir William Drummond Stewart of Grandtully Castle, and his son,
George Stewart, recipient of the Victoria Cross

References

^ "Pitlochry and Crieff", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 978-0-319-22985-9
^ "Grandtully Castle | The Castles of Scotland, Coventry | Goblinshead". www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk.
^ Michael Pearce, "Beds of Chapel Form in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Inventories: The Worst Sort of Bed", Regional Furniture, 27 (2013), p. 82.
^ Gifford, John (2007). The buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 405–406.

External links

Grandtully and Strathtay

[1] "Pitlochry and Crieff", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 978-0-319-22985-9

[auto1-2] "Grandtully Castle | The Castles of Scotland, Coventry | Goblinshead". www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk.

[3] Michael Pearce, "Beds of Chapel Form in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Inventories: The Worst Sort of Bed", Regional Furniture, 27 (2013), p. 82.

[4] Gifford, John (2007). The buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 405–406.

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