Archaeology Notes

Event ID 716814

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT46NE 8.00 46065 68447

(NT 4608 6844) Saltoun Hall (NAT)

OS 6" map (1969)

Saltoun Hall, a large mansion in Castellated Gothic style, was built by William Burn from 1817 on a basis of earlier work. The house faces N. The earliest part is the range on the W. In 1769 Lord Fletcher was adding a two-storey wing along what is now the S front; all that is left of it is an inscribed tablet now in the gallery. This wing and the old block formed and 'L', with a stair in the angle. In 1803, Robert Burn added turrets at the engles and castellated the whole work, but William Burn's vast enlargements obliterated all the earlier structure. The Hall was subdivided into flats in 1967.

In the 12th century, Saltoun was a possession of the de Morevilles; in 1548 it was one of the strengths occupied by the English, and in 1643 the lands and barony of Saltoun with tower, manor place, etc were sold to Sir Andrew Fletcher.

C McWilliam 1978; RCAHMS 1924, visited 1920

As described.

Visited by OS (BS) 25 July 1975.