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Hopetoun House, interior. View of ballroom.
WL 326
Description Hopetoun House, interior. View of ballroom.
Date 3/1962
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number WL 326
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 766894
Scope and Content Ballroom, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the ballroom with its high coombed ceiling decorated with ornamental plasterwork ceiling roses, cornices and panelling. The large window with the arched top (centre) and the fireplace with its pilastered surround (right) form the main focal points of the room. A dais for a grand piano can be seen on the left, and 19th century Brussels tapestries depicting the 'Loves of the Gods' are hung around the walls. The south pavilion was originally designed as a library with adjacent billiard room, but was later used as a ballroom for large gatherings, and may even have been used as an indoor riding school. 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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