Editing Scone Palace (section)

{{Short description|Castle owned by the Earl of Mansfield in Perth & Kinross, Scotland}}
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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Scone Palace
| image =  Scone Palace - Front side.jpg
| image_size=350px
| caption = Scone Palace, front façade
| locmapin = Scotland Perth and Kinross
| map_caption = Shown in Perth and Kinross
| coordinates = {{coord|56|25|22|N|03|26|18|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| area =
| built = 12th century
| demolished =
| rebuilt = 1802–1807
| architect = [[William Atkinson (architect)|William Atkinson]]
| architecture = [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]]
}}

'''Scone Palace''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|uː|n}} is a Category A-[[Listed building|listed]] [[Historic houses in Scotland|historic house]] near the village of [[Scone, Perth and Kinross|Scone]] and the city of [[Perth, Scotland]]. Ancestral seat of Earls of Mansfield, built in red [[sandstone]] with a castellated roof, it is an example of the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]] in Scotland.

Scone was originally the site of an early Christian church, and later an [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] priory. [[Scone Abbey]], in the grounds of the Palace, for centuries held the [[Stone of Scone]] upon which the early [[Kings of Scotland]] were crowned. [[Robert the Bruce]] was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the [[Scottish coronation of Charles II|last coronation]] was of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651.

Scone Abbey was severely damaged in 1559 during the [[Scottish Reformation]] after a mob whipped up by the famous reformer, [[John Knox]], came to Scone from Dundee. Having survived the Reformation, the Abbey in 1600 became a secular Lordship (and home) within the parish of [[Scone, Scotland]]. The Palace has thus been home to the [[Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield|Earls of Mansfield]] for over 400 years. During the early 19th century the Palace was enlarged by the architect [[William Atkinson (architect)|William Atkinson]]. In 1802, [[David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield]], commissioned Atkinson to extend the Palace, recasting the late 16th-century ''Palace of Scone''. The 3rd Earl tasked Atkinson with updating the old Palace whilst maintaining characteristics of the medieval Gothic abbey buildings it was built upon, with the majority of work finished by 1807.

The Palace and its grounds, which include a collection of fir trees and a star-shaped maze, are open to the public.