Field Visit
Date 3 July 1913
Event ID 1089078
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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The mansion of Luffness stands within wooded policies at the mouth of the Peffer burn on the shore of Aberlady Bay, and commands an extensive prospect of the Firth of Forth. On plan the structure is T-shaped and consists of an oblong block lying east and west, measuring externally 70 1/2 feet by 28 feet, with a square tower containing a wheel-stair projecting externally from the centre of the south wall. While the plan of the northern portion of the main block is reminiscent of late 15th century work the surviving portions of the early building are of a century later, having been built by Sir Patrick Hepburn in 1584. Sir Patrick's building has, in its turn, been extended and added to within modern times.
See RCAHMS 1924 pp.2-4 for a full architectural description.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 3 July 1913.
