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Hopetoun House, interior. View of hay loft in stables.
C 64181
Description Hopetoun House, interior. View of hay loft in stables.
Date 23/11/1995
Catalogue Number C 64181
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 767050
Scope and Content Hayloft above the stables, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the hayloft above the stables. This long room with its timber roof beams, stone walls and wooden floor was used for storing hay as food for horses. Hay was stored in the loft to keep it dry and to protect it from vermin, and sent down a chute to the floor below. Stableboys and grooms may have also slept in simple accommodation in these loft areas. A plan of 1910 shows stalls in Hopetoun's stables for about 20 horses. These would include some belonging to guests, some for pulling carriages, and others for riding and hunting. Keeping horses was expensive, so fine stables like these would be a powerful status symbol. 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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