Stables, cottage, view from South East Digital image of D/12666

Description Stables, cottage, view from South East Digital image of D/12666

Date 18/4/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 759730

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 12666

Scope and Content Gardener's Cottage, Newhailes, Musselburgh, East Lothian This shows the early/mid-19th-century gardener's cottage where the head gardener would have lived. The cottage has been extended and the Jacobean gabled porch was a later addition. This cottage was renovated for Lady Antonia Dalrymple when The National Trust for Scotland took over the estate. The Victorian kitchen gardener provided the family, guests and servants with a large quantity of quality vegetables all year round without the help of modern fertilisers and equipment. The head gardener often never saw his crops fully grown because the kitchen would demand young tender vegetables. 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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