Grandtully (pronounced as "Grantly" and sometimes also spelt "Grantully") is a small village in Perthshire, Scotland.

Grandtully
Grandtully in winter
Grandtully is located in Perth and Kinross
Grandtully
Grandtully
Location within Perth and Kinross
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPITLOCHRY
Postcode districtPH9xx
Dialling code01887
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56°39′25″N 3°46′35″W / 56.656998°N 3.776385°W / 56.656998; -3.776385

It is situated close to the River Tay, about 3 miles (5 kilometres) from Pitlochry.[1] It has a population of approximately 750 inhabitants.

Parish Church

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Grandtully has a Church of Scotland parish church; it is now part of Grantully, Logierait and Strathtay Parish (within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Dunkeld and Meigle).

St Mary's church

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St Mary's Church and graveyard at Grandtully
 
St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully - Painted Ceiling

In Nether Pitcairn, 3.2 km south-west of Grandtully, there is a church built by Alexander Stewart of Grandtully in, or shortly before, 1533.[2]

It is a low and outwardly unassuming white washed building that contains a wooden barrel vault ceiling with tempera paintings from the early 17th century commissioned by William Stewart around 1636. At the centre, a painted aedicule frames a death-bed and resurrection scene.[3] The ceiling includes scenes and persons from the bible intermixed with the coats of arms of kings and noblemen, and in addition an abundance of birds, fruits and angels, all depicted in a renaissance style with cartouches and imitated metal work. The paintings were restored in about 1950.[4]

Grandtully Castle

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Dating to 1560, although an earlier castle stood around 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) east and dates from 1414; only its foundations remain.[citation needed]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pitlochry and Crieff", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 978-0-319-22985-9
  2. ^ "Grandtully Castle | The Castles of Scotland, Coventry | Goblinshead". www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk.
  3. ^ Michael Pearce, "Beds of Chapel Form in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Inventories: The Worst Sort of Bed", Regional Furniture, 27 (2013), p. 82.
  4. ^ Gifford, John (2007). The buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 405–406.
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