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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 560611
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/560611
Marchmont House was built between 1750 and 1754, and has been subject to a series of significant later alterations. It is situated in landscaped grounds, close to the site of Redbraes Castle.
Of classical design, the two-storeyed house is faced with rubble masonry and is laid out on a symmetrical H-plan. Later alterations were carried out by the architects William Burn (1834) and Robert Lorimer (1914-20). In the twentieth century, the house was converted into a residential home.
The house contains some very fine interiors, many of which are original. Plasterwork in the dining room and saloon dates from the eighteenth century and may have been carried out by the celebrated plasterer Thomas Clayton.
The identity of the architect who designed Marchmont House has been the subject of some debate. The 2nd Earl of Marchmont commissioned William Adam to draw up plans for a new house, but these were never carried out. It was the 3rd Earl who built Marchmont House, after Adam's death, and Thomas Gibson was recorded as the architect employed by him; little is known about Gibson, and it has been suggested that he may have been a draughtsman who simply executed the Earl's ideas.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
