Bannatyne Home of Rest, Newtyle: records and papers

Minutes 1942-1951; cash books 1905-1962; register of visitors 1940-1962; legal papers and miscellaneous correspondence 1892-1950; reports of architects with related correspondence concerning the state of repair of Newtyle Church, manse outbuildings 1926-1927; miscellaneous legal papers relating to repairs, gifts and bequests, investments and valuation of property 1909-1926; statements of Account from the National Bank of Scotland to the Bannatyne Home of Rest 1949-1956.

Bannatyne House in Newtyle was bought by Alexander Hay Moncur, who had served as Provost of Dundee between 1881 and 1884, in 1887. He enlarged the building to make it into Bannatyne Home of Rest, a holiday home for women who worked in the Dundee jute mills. The Home was officially gifted and endowed in 1892, and provided accommodation for up to 50 people. By 1961, the Home was in financial difficulties and was forced to close. The house was sold to Colonel James Bannatyne in 1962.

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Bannatyne House in Newtyle was bought by Alexander Hay Moncur, who had served as Provost of Dundee between 1881 and 1884, in 1887. He enlarged the building to make it into Bannatyne Home of Rest, a holiday home for women who worked in the Dundee jute mills. The Home was officially gifted and endowed in 1892, and provided accommodation for up to 50 people. By 1961, the Home was in financial difficulties and was forced to close. The house was sold to Colonel James Bannatyne in 1962.

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Description compiled by Gary Smith

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