Charles Spence was a Scottish poet, stonemason and footman.
Spence the Burgh Bard
Linne Magray, drawn and engraved by Alexander Carse, published Edinburgh, March 1831.
View of topiary at Fingask, as known by Spence
Lady Threipland of Fingask Castle, for whose family Spence was both footman and mason
Kinfauns Castle is a 19th-century castle in the Scottish village of Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross. It is in the Castellated Gothic style, with a slight asymmetry typical of Scottish Georgian. It stands
Charles Spence (bard)
…Charles Spence (1779-1869) was a Scottish poet, stonemason and footman. Spence was born in the parish of Kinfauns, spent most of his life in Rait and died in Manchester. Linn-ma-Gray I long to see Thy heathy heights and broomy lea; Whaur linnets lilt and leverets…
The castle, with Kinnoull Hill in the background, in the early 20th century
Gatehouse to the castle, circa 1840. The road in view here has been replaced by the A85, near its junction with the M90 and A90. The now-modified building is today a home. The gateposts also survive