Adopting one of HRH The Prince of Wales’ Scottish titles, The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust was founded as an independent charitable Trust in November 2007 to manage, maintain and develop the Ayrshire based Dumfries House.

Dumfries House is an 18th Century Robert Adam designed stately home, which houses an unrivalled, fully documented collection of rococo furniture by Thomas Chippendale and three 18th Century Scottish cabinetmakers.

The house is situated in East Ayrshire, 30 miles from Glasgow, and is nestled in a 2000 acre estate which balances historic landscape features with active farming and forestry.

Threatened with sale and dispersal in 2007 Dumfries House was saved for the nation by HRH, The Prince Charles, The Duke of Rothesay (as The Prince is known in Scotland) who led a consortium of organisations and individuals in a passionate campaign for its rescue.

From the outset the Trust had two main objectives; first, to launch Dumfries House as a public visitor attraction and, second, to create an infrastructure which would act as a catalyst for the socio-economic, cultural, and educational regeneration of this part of Scotland.

The last few years have seen an exciting and fast-paced programme of conservation and restoration at the house and on the estate which has transformed this ‘hidden treasure’ in to one of Scotland’s most dynamic and engaging heritage sites.

Driven by the desire not only to preserve the outstandingly significant heritage, the Trust is simultaneously focused on creating opportunities for employment and training in an area of high unemployment and relative deprivation. The Dumfries House project represents a growing tribute to The Prince's belief in heritage-led regeneration.

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