Interior. Detail of feeding troughs.

Description Interior. Detail of feeding troughs.

Date 23/5/2000

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 75564

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 759736

Scope and Content Stall, Stables, Newhailes, Musselburgh, East Lothian The stable block was built c.1792 and based on designs by John Craig. This view shows a feeding trough and two sinks in a stall where horses used for riding and to pull carriages were fed and rested. Horses were properly cared for as replacements were expensive to buy. The National Trust for Scotland converted the stables to management offices, visitor centre, shop and café, when the stalls were retained as features. The stable block was an important building on an estate as its size and style of architecture showed the wealth and standing of the owner. The servant who looked after the horses and carriages was called the groom and coachman. It was his job to muck out the stalls, feed the horses and prepare the carriages. James Smith (c.1645-1731) architect, designed and built Newhailes House (originally known as Whitehill) in 1686. Sir David Dalrymple (c.1665-1721) bought the estate in 1709 and started the construction of the library wing in 1718 which was completed after his death in 1721 by his son, Sir James Dalrymple (1692-1751). The house was modernised in 1871-3 when Lord Shand was tenant, and has remained largely unchanged since. The National Trust for Scotland became the owners of Newhailes House in January 1997. The house opened to the public on 1 June 2002 after a £12.7 million conservation project that ensured the house was stabilised without losing the patination of the interior decoration. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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