Hill of Tarvit Mansion House Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of Hill of Tarvit mansion house, situated on a hillside a mile and a half south of Cupar on visit to Fife. Hill of Tarvit was originally known as Wemyss Hall. In 1904, the new owner, Frederick Sharp, commissioned architect Robert Lorimer to transform the 17th century house into a modern 20th century mansion. Frederick Sharp was born to John Sharp and Elizabeth Bower in 1862 and was the youngest son of five children. Frederick followed in his father’s footsteps as a Dundee jute manufacturer and financier. When his father died in 1895 he left around £750,000, a huge sum at that time. Frederick married Beatrice White in 1896 and they had their first child Hugh the following year. Frederick’s financial investments had further increased his wealth and in 1904 he bought the estate around Wemyss Hall. This estate was situated near to railway links, enabling him to attend his work in Dundee, but was also close to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, of which he was an enthusiastic member.

Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, born 4 November 1864, died 13 September 1929, was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothic Revival styles, and for promotion of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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