General view of N block from W.

Description General view of N block from W.

Date 1951

Collection Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number EL 1170

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 800258

Scope and Content Hailes Castle, East Lothian, from north This view, taken in 1951, shows the north front of the castle from the west. In the right foreground is the base of the 14th-century west tower, and beyond it are the 15th-century bakehouse and chapel block, the 13th-century tower, and the north wall of the 13th-century block which contained the hall. The 14th-century west tower of the castle was still intact in the late 18th century, when the chapel had been converted into a granary. The 13th-century tower was converted into a dovecot. The complex subsequently fell into decay, and was given into State care in 1926 by the Earl of Balfour. Now in the care of Historic Scotland, the castle is open to the public. The first part of Hailes Castle was built in the 13th century, probably by the Earl of Dunbar and March. It was enlarged in the late 14th century, and again in the early 16th century by the Hepburn family. The castle passed through many hands. After the introduction of artillery it was of little defensive value. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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