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View of entrance gates to Hopetoun House.
B 7129
Description View of entrance gates to Hopetoun House.
Date c. 1900 to 1930
Collection Thomas Hadden
Catalogue Number B 7129
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 767022
Scope and Content East Gate and Lodge, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the main gates to the estate, which were designed by architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (1834-1921) in 1895. Tuscan columns linked by a curving entablature are surmounted by a row of stone urns, and flank the tall gate piers and wrought-iron gates. The single-storeyed lodge house can just be seen (right), with its pedimented porch. The curving quadrants of the main gate reflect the design of the main house with its curving colonnades. Gate lodges, which housed the servants who monitored people entering and leaving the estate, and entrances are often marked by elaborate structures and decorative details to suggests the wealth and taste of the landowner. 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.
Accession Number 1980/31
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