Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the exterior and interior of Hill of Tarvit mansion house, situated on a hillside a mile and a half south of Cupar on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Hill of Tarvit was originally known as Wemyss Hall. In 1696 John Wemyss of Uthank called in architect Sir William Bruce to build a small house called Wemyss Hall on this site. The house was gradually expanded over the following centuries, and in the 1840s a service wing was added behind the main house. In 1904, the new owner, Frederick Sharp, commissioned architect Robert Lorimer who had just finished transforming Kellie Castle, ten miles to the West to transform the 17th century house into a modern 20th century mansion. Lorimer also designed the 279 acres of parkland, woods, and heath, with a 40 acre formal garden area below the house. This includes a sunken rose garden, flowering borders, and yew hedges. 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. The interiors are filled with beautiful furniture and elegant rooms made to show off the Sharp family's best pieces of art and furniture. There are paintings galore, French and Chippendale style furniture, and fine porcelain throughout. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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