Trumland

Trumland is a Category B listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland, built in its present form in the 1870s.

Designed by David Bryce (1803–1876), the house was commissioned by Sir F W Traill-Burroughs (1831–1905) as a new family home after his marriage to Eliza D’Oyly Geddes (1849–1908) in 1870.

Overlooking the sound between Rousay and the island of Wyre, the house is built in the Scottish Jacobean style, with crow-stepped gables and canted windows, made from the local Rousay stone, with fine carved finials and architectural detailing.

[1] Trumland was built to replace Westness House for General Sir Frederick W. Trail-Burroughs (1831-1905), who inherited Rousay and Wyre from his grand-uncle George W. Traill.

[3] Traill-Burroughs and his wife chose a sheltered location for the site of the new house in a small valley through which a burn (stream) flows down to the sea.