Stables, courtyard buildings, view from North West Digital image of D/12678

Description Stables, courtyard buildings, view from North West Digital image of D/12678

Date 18/4/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 759734

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 12678

Scope and Content Courtyard buildings from north-west, Stables, Newhailes, Musselburgh, East Lothian This shows some of the courtyard buildings of the stable block which was built c.1792 and based on designs by John Craig. 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 stable blocks were refurbished by The National Trust for Scotland as management offices and converted to a visitor centre, shop and café. The National Trust for Scotland has a careful conservation approach and this dictated as little change to the fabric of the stables as was necessary to convert them. The wooden doors of the two arched entrances on the left were given attention and retained, and the added glass doors (of the visitors' centre within) fill the archway behind the wooden ones. The window frames of the stable block were repainted in the traditional green colour. 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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