house of dun
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Who wouldn't love a 'fruitful salad' and lots of 'tickle pickle?' I do hope that after its refurbishment the café opens with Janet in situ. The house and grounds are beautiful but there is added comedy genius watching the café staff cower under the watchful eye of the house's real 'treasure' Janet.
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I am really sorry you decided to leave without visiting the interior of the house, I can assure it is as impressive as the grounds.Again sorry if you felt the guide had overstepped the mark.If you had read the visitor guide to Scottish properties or on the website you would see the availability of opening times and indeed the dates when we open the house to the public to wander at leisure throughout the house, I dont understand your comments about photography as this is standard throughout the NTS properties and likewise the requirment for both cards to be shown which is clearly stated on the reverse of the card. The guide was absolutely correct in asking for both cards, she was protecting your membership and helping to keep the costs down through fraudulent use of cards, my apologies if you felt offended.I hope you do return at another time when we offer open access to the property and now understand the rationalle behind our protecting our members and revenue to support these great properties for future generations to enjoy
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House of Dun is an excellent place to visit. There are normally tours but the day we went, we were able to walk around on our own. There were guides available who could answer questions. This place had been recommended to me and now that I have been I can understand why. Definitely an interesting place to visit.
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This was our first visit to House of Dun to see Santa. The staff in the main house were very friendly and welcoming and the event was really well organised and well worth the £5. Our little girl loved the experience. Went to the café after to have some lunch - some customer training could be done for the front of house staff - lacking somewhat.
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The House of Dun stands overlooking the Montrose basin, the work of William Adam, father of the more-famous Robert. It is charming 18th century house, immaculately maintained, with domestic sized rooms and such features as the spectacular plasterwork in the saloon. The marriage of one of the Erskine family to the illegitimate daughter of William IV,adds an unusual twist to the history of the house, and incidentally, some handsome objects, notably a beautiful porcelain service. Upstairs in the Old Library is a totally unexpected collection of Scottish colourists , as well as sensational furniture loaned by Lady Stirling and on top of that a collection of spectacular lustreware from the Royal Lancastrian Pottery, an off-shoot of Pilkingtons glass makers. Unfortunately the latter is badly displayed so that the lustrous glazes cannot be appreciated. Outside is a beautiful walled garden, again splendidly maintained. This house is an unsung treasure and people should beat a path to its (architecturally very interesting) door.Unfortunately the delight of this place is marred by the inadequacy of the guides. Our guide, lacked all confidence and did not have a grasp of the history of many of the objects (the royal service was described as Staffordshire pottery) and a portrait of Princess Charlotte and her husband Leopold, was described as "Charlotte and George". their association with the house thus completely missed. The lustreware collection was attributed to "pinkertons" and nothing was said about the wonderful Scottish Colourists, much less the furniture. But do visit this wonderful house.....but make sure the guide is better informed than the ones we experienced.
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We enjoyed the hour-long tour given by the informative guide, Rudi, when we visited. It was not too in-depth, which suited our tastes. The only issue was the poor surface on the access road. Thank goodness we were members otherwise we would have had to have paid £10.50 each!
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Many thanks for your kind review.I am delighted you enjoyed your visit to the property and the house.I will pass on your comments to the staffLook forward to seeing you at Dun in the future.
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a great experience. The house" lives and breathes" You can feel the presence of the various people who have lived in it. The restoration has been exceptionally good and sympathetic. A wonderful experience. The guide was superb.
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We dropped on the House of Duns whilst in the area. We had a wonderful tour of the house by an amusing knowledgeable gentleman who obviously enjoyed his job. No pressure re the tickets although it did make sense to join the trust in order to keep these wonderfulPlaces accessible to all . I would certainly recommend a visit.
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Many thanks for your review and compliments about the house and collection.Our sincere apologies about the cafe not being open, it was the intention to have it open for this season, but with the challenges of a grade "A" listed building and archeological issues sadly was not to be!!The photography I fully agree with and I know that the trust is working towards permission for photographyI hope when you visit the next time our cafe will be fully functional and our new visitor reception will be up and running.Once again thank you for your review