Duddingston House, interior View of upper floor of entrance hall
ED 4662/24
Description Duddingston House, interior View of upper floor of entrance hall
Date 1955
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number ED 4662/24
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 536626
Scope and Content The hall, Duddingston House, Milton Road West, Duddingston, Edinburgh Duddingston House, the former manor house of Duddingston Village, has been described as one of the finest 18th-century houses in Britain. It was designed by Sir William Chambers for the 8th Earl of Abercorn, and completed in 1768. The two-storeyed hall has a swagged frieze, and an elaborate ceiling with hexagonal compartments. An elegant staircase, with a handrail supported alternately by straight and serpentine balusters, leads to small first-floor landings on either side. King Edward VII (1902-10) considered buying the house and estate of Duddingston as a royal residence, but, because of 'some legal difficulties that were in the way', chose the estate of Sandringham instead. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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