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[[File:Thenral, aka Brodie Castle, in Chennai (1939).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Brodie Castle in 1939]]
'''Thenral''', earlier known as '''Brodie Castle''', is a [[house]] in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Named after civil servant James Brodie (1769-1801) who constructed the house in 1796, it currently houses the School of [[Carnatic music]].<ref name="muthiahp187">{{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| author-link=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|page=187}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tamilheritage.org/kidangku/nara_m/THFspit_of_sand.pdf Making of Madras].</ref>

== History ==

Brodie Castle was constructed by [[British East India Company]] servant and businessman, James Brodie on eleven acres of land gifted to him by the Government in [[Quibble Island]] in the town of [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]], then located outside the limits of Madras city.<ref name="tercentenaryp">{{cite book | title=Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee Commemoration Volume| pages=112, 116–117| editor=Diwan Bahadur S. E. Runganadhan|chapter=Some Old Madras Houses by A. D. Raghavan| year=1939| publisher=Indian Branch, Oxford Press}}</ref> Brodie inhabited the house for a short period but later, due to his declining fortunes, rented the house to tenants, the first of whom was [[Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange|Sir Thomas Strange]], the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras.<ref name="tercentenaryp" />

Following Brodie's death in 1801 in a boating accident, the family sold the property which was purchased by the [[Arbuthnot & Co|Arbuthnot Family]] who resided in it for a while.<ref name="muthiahp187" />
Brodie was heir to the chief of clan Brodie, whose seat was [http://www.nts.org.uk/Visit/Brodie-Castle/ Brodie Castle] in Morayshire, Scotland. [[Brodie Castle]] is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.<ref>National Trust for Scotland</ref>

== Notes ==

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[[Category:Arbuthnot family]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chennai]]
[[Category:Houses in India]]

Thenral - Revision history

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