Hopetoun House, interior. View of front of iron door in Charter Room on principal floor. Digital image of WL 1656

Description Hopetoun House, interior. View of front of iron door in Charter Room on principal floor. Digital image of WL 1656

Date 1975

Catalogue Number SC 766945

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of WL 1656

Scope and Content Iron door in Charter Room, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows a door in the charter room, designed by Sir William Bruce. It is constructed from iron bars in the same manner as a wooden door would be built. Beyond the door can be seen deed boxes which protect important documents. The door has two locks which were opened by a special double-ended iron key. In addition to this door, the room is made of vaulted stone with iron shutters to further ensure security from fire and theft. This fireproof room still contains a large collection of family 'muniments' (records) including items such as rent rolls (for recording rent paid by people on the estate), title deeds, grants of land made under seal and domestic accounts, all stored in metal boxes and trunks. 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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