Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Former First World War hospital goes on the market

Post Thumbnail

An Arts and Crafts house which served as a hospital during the First World War has gone on the market.

Nether Tillyrie House, near Milnathort, was built in 1912 but just a few years later it was taken over to treat injured servicemen.

The house served as a Red Cross hospital during the First World War.
The house served as a Red Cross hospital during the First World War.

It also operated as a youth hostel in the Second World War, and has been in current ownership for almost 30 years.

Owner Donald Graham said he was looking to downsize but would miss the property, which retains evidence of its former use.

One room still bears a ward number.
One room still bears a ward number.

He said: “We know the house was built for a successful engineer and his wife – they had been involved in building the railway in Sri Lanka. Sadly she died in childbirth having twins. One twin survived, and they never moved in.

“Soon after that the war came and it was used as an auxiliary hospital. I’m not sure what kind of injuries it was treating.

Staff and patients
Staff and patients

“We have a plaque inside the front door to commemorate the use as an auxiliary hospital and we have old postcards showing nurses in white uniforms and people recuperating. There is still a sign on one of the doors saying ‘Ward VII’ and another in the linen cupboard saying ‘isolation blankets’, but that’s pretty much all we know about it.

“I find it fascinating – over the thirty years we’ve been here we’ve been accumulating bits and pieces and we have a folder with one or two interesting pictures and letters in it.”

The staircase at Nether Tillyrie.
The staircase at Nether Tillyrie.
One of the bedrooms
One of the bedrooms
The dining room
The dining room

31782_Nether_Tillyrie_05

He said: “It’s a big property and we had a big family – we have enjoyed it enormously but it’s a bit too much house for us now. We will miss it hugely, it’s a lovely property.

“It’s been built to last. It’s very Arts and Crafts – I wish I knew who the architect was. No expense was spared so I am thinking it was a really good architect.”

Nether Tillyrie House is being sold by CDK Galbraith for offers over £775,000.