Kincaple House

Kincaple House. The central building was constructed in 1789 by Rev. Alexander Meldrum.
Rear view of Kincaple House near St Andrews.

Kincaple House was built by the Rev. Alexander Meldrum in 1789 as a country home near St Andrews, Fife. The land was assigned by King James VI (reigned 1567-1625) to a Meldrum who had assisted with the king’s marriage to Anne of Denmark in 1590. Then it was owned by other families before it was purchased by Thomas Meldrum around 1745. His son, the unmarried minister, Alexander Meldrum, built Kincaple House as a plain, three-storied building. Two more buildings were later added beside the older structure.

Kincaple House was listed in Category B of Great Britain’s National Estate in 1973. Heritage notes state: Original part has skew-ends inscribed ‘Alexander Meldrum 1789’; 2-storey basement and attic 3-window with pedimented R-doric column porch, very broad skews, harled with margins and slated. Advanced wings J Donald Mills 1928, 2-storey 2-window piend-roofed with flat-roofed, 1-window links, approximately symmetrical to front but SE wing is L-plan.

References

—‘Kincaple House’, British Listed Buildings website.

—’Kincaple House’, Canmore (National Record of the Historic Environment) website.

—Martin Coventry, 2008, Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead, pp. 163, 418, 420.

Water views from the rear of Kincaple House near St Andrews.
Front lawn of Kincaple House.