History of the Stewarts | Castles and Buildings
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Balnakeilly - Moulin, Perthshire
The Stewarts of Balnakeilly descendants of the Wolf of Badenoch came from nearby Foss in 1560 and remained in residence until the death of Colonel Ralph Stewart-Wilson, the 11th laird, in 2015. The house is now owned by a Danish developer and is now open to the public as luxury self catering accommodation.Design of the houseis accredited to Charles Sim, a member of an architectural family active in the Atholl and Strathore districts during the first half of the 19th century, through a chance reference in minutes of Heritors of Blair Atholl and Struan (for whom he designed Struan Church in 1827). Further confirmation comes from sister house at Auchleeks, Glen Errochty with The lands of Balnakeilly were handed to the Stewarts after the Reformation as the land formerly belonged to Dunfermline Abbey. The old house burned down soon after 1800, though some original fabric probably remains at the back of the 1821 house. The standing stone at the bottom of the drive does not appear on an 1807 plan of Balnakeilly by Alexander Stewart, and was thus probably imported later in the century. The fine garden is landscaped with views over the Tummel Valley.
