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Hopetoun House. View of mausoleum
WL 549
Description Hopetoun House. View of mausoleum
Date 9/1964
Collection Scottish Development Department
Catalogue Number WL 549
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 766888
Scope and Content Mausoleum, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the family mausoleum which was built to designs by architect William Burn (1789-1870) c.1830. This single-storeyed structure in the Romanesque Revival style is built from polished ashlar, and has round-headed windows and a roof made from stone slabs. Gargoyles representing snarling griffins guard the doorway. Before the construction of this mausoleum the family used the Hopetoun Aisle in nearby Abercorn Church for burials. Many landowners chose to honour their ancestors and provide a lasting memorial to themselves by building fine mausoleums which would also serve as elegant ornaments in their grounds. Hopetoun House, the seat of the Marquis of Linlithgow, was built 1699-1704 to designs by architect Sir William Bruce (c.1630-1710). Between 1721 and 1748 architect William Adam (1689-1748), and his sons Robert (1728-92) and John (1721-92) designed extensions to the central block, flanked by curving colonnades leading to advanced pavilions containing stables (north) and a ballroom (south). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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