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Newbattle Abbey, view from SW.

SC 570971

Description Newbattle Abbey, view from SW.

Date 5/1995

Catalogue Number SC 570971

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 54007 CN

Scope and Content Newbattle Abbey House from south-west, Midlothian This shows the main entrance front of the house (left) with its projecting columned porch, centre bay and castellations. The main wall to the right has further castellations and shaped gables. A castellated arcade of arches (right) continues the design of the façade, and makes the house seem larger to those arriving via the main drive. Guests arriving at the estate would pass through a pair of ornate gate lodges before arriving at this impressive entrance front. The 'castle' façade is designed to suggest an appreciation of Scotland's past, and a sense of history and pride in the estate. Newbattle Abbey was founded by Cistercian monks in 1140, and its church dedicated to St Mary in 1233-4. It became a private residence in 1587 when the last abbot, Mark Kerr, converted to Protestantism and was able to retain his lands. His son became Lord Newbattle in 1596. The remains of the abbey are built into the surviving house, which was modified and rebuilt by the architects John Mylne (1650), William Burn (1836) and David Bryce (1858). The house was gifted to the nation in 1937 to be used as a further education college. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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