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Hopetoun House, estate buildings. View of steading. Digital image of WL 3404.
SC 766959
Description Hopetoun House, estate buildings. View of steading. Digital image of WL 3404.
Date 1975 to 1976
Catalogue Number SC 766959
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of WL 3404
Scope and Content Steading, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the stone-built steading, or home farm attached to the Hopetoun estate which dates from 1774. The walls are of rubble with ashlar dressings, including arched doorways and an arcade (far right) which was used to store carts. The loft would be used for storing hay, and there are a series of ridge ventilators on the roof. The steading would be used as a base from which to manage the farmland and animals owned by the estate. A farm manager (who would be given a substantial house as part of his job) would be employed to supervise a team of servants who would often sleep in part of the steading. 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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