Interior. Detail of staircase showing marquetry on ground floor. Digital image of C 54106 CN.

Description Interior. Detail of staircase showing marquetry on ground floor. Digital image of C 54106 CN.

Date 5/1995

Catalogue Number SC 772426

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 54106 CN

Scope and Content Detail of staircase on ground floor, Newbattle Abbey House, Midlothian This shows part of the oak staircase which leads from the ground floor to the vaulted chapel (originally the monk's 'calefactory' or warming room of the monastery in the 13th century) on the right, or up to the first floor (left). The newel post on the right features carved decorative panels, and the balustrades are carved within intricate interlaced ribbon design. The parquet floor features marquetry borders of a swirling foliage pattern. A new porch was added to the entrance façade of Newbattle Abbey House by an unknown architect in c.1886. It seems likely that the hall was also redesigned at this time in the style of David Bryce (1803-76), who had added a two-storeyed family wing in 1858, and a further extension in 1875. 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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