Hopetoun House, estate buildings. View of slaughterhouse. Digital image of WL 3406.

Description Hopetoun House, estate buildings. View of slaughterhouse. Digital image of WL 3406.

Date 1975 to 1976

Catalogue Number SC 766996

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of WL 3406

Scope and Content Slaughter house, Hopetoun House, West Lothian This shows the slaughter house near the steading to the south of the house, which was built c.1774. The building is two-storeyed and features rusticated quoins (the stones on the corners have deeply-cut edges), a deep pediment and rooflights. The building was converted to a squash court in the later 20th century. Animals kept on the estate would be killed in the estate slaughter house, as it was more convenient and cheaper than sending them to a commercial slaughter house. The meat would be used to feed the landowner, his family and guests, and also his servants, who received meals (of the lesser cuts and leftovers) as part of their jobs. Some meat would be stored in baskets in the estate ice house, which was packed with ice and straw from frozen ponds in winter. 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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