Detail of East wing. Digital image of C 54019.
SC 772373
Description Detail of East wing. Digital image of C 54019.
Date 5/1995
Catalogue Number SC 772373
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 54019
Scope and Content East wing of Newbattle Abbey House, Midlothian This shows the east wing of the house which is built in castellated style. The extension features a pair of stone towers each with an ornamental canopied niche (centre) designed to hold a statue. Further arched niches flank a stone bench (right). The overall effect is of a fortified gateway. Guests arriving at the estate would pass through a pair of ornate gate lodges before arriving at the impressive 18th-century castellated entrance front. The 'castle' façade and additions such as this wing, are designed to suggest an appreciation of Scotland's past, and a sense of history and pride in the estate. Newbattle Abbey was founded by Cistercian monks in 1140, and its church dedicated to St Mary in 1233-4. It became a private residence in 1587 when the last abbot, Mark Kerr, converted to Protestantism and was able to retain his lands. His son became Lord Newbattle in 1596. The remains of the abbey are built into the surviving house, which was modified and rebuilt by the architects John Mylne (1650), William Burn (1836) and David Bryce (1858). The house was gifted to the nation in 1937 to be used as a further education college. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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