May 31st, 2025

Author: donich_admin

New House

Finally got the keys for our new home “Castlebank House” – built in 1854 for the Procurator Fiscal of Fife and 4000 square feet of Victorian grandeur.  As ever with these things, it took forever for the lawyers to do their stuff so we weren’t in until 4pm.

With it having been so long since I saw the house, I had started to get nervous that it wouldn’t be as great as I had remembered.  But not to worry, it was every bit as good as I had thought back in February.

This is part of the walled garden.

On the bandstand in the park across the road we found this plaque.

The inscription reads that the bandstand was donated to the town of Cupar by Alice Black of Castlebank House in 1924.  This lady was the granddaughter of Alexander Black who commissioned and lived in our house.

We start moving out of Donich Lodge on Monday.