Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club, in Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, features two 20th-century golf courses surrounding a 17th-century house.History - Murrayshall official website The golf courses were completed in 1981,Scottish Golf Courses Murrayshall Golf Club - Scottish Golf Courses having received approval from the Tayside Planning and Development Committee in 1976.Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal, Volume 179, Issues 14-26 (1976), p. 11 Located approximately south of Perth Airport, the two golf courses are Murrayshall and Lynedoch.
The architect of Murrayshall Course was J. Hamilton Stutt (1924–2008).J Hamilton Stutt 1924 - 2008 - EIGCA.org
The 41-bedroom Murrayshall House was built by Andrew Murray, son of Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, in 1664. The building, which was later owned by Francis Norie-Miller, was put on the market for £4 million in 2015. It was voted Central Scotland and Fife's Golf Hotel of the Year shortly beforehand."Murrayshall House Hotel in Scone for sale with £4 million price tag" - Daily Record, 22 May 2015 Hetherly Capital Partners purchased the property in 2016, and later undertook a £10-million regeneration project, to a design by Fergus Purdie Architects."Murrayshall Country House: £10m masterplan will transform historic Perthshire estate" - The Courier, 27 November 2020"Murrayshall Country House Hotel and Golf Club Proposed Future Estate Development - Fergus Purdie Architects
In 2021, the new owners submitted plans to: add a further fifty rooms to its hotel, create a golf academy and driving range, build fifty new homes, forty self-catering cottages and twenty-five tree houses or glamping pods."Hotel's expansion plans sparks concern over erosion of greenbelt" - Daily Record, 18 May 2021
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