Archaeology Notes

Event ID 716978

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT46NW 25.00 43815 69495

NT46NW 25.01 436 694 Garden

NT46NW 25.02 43862 69588 Walled Garden

NT46NW 25.03 43835 69463 Terraced Garden

NT46NW 25.04 44463 69073 South Lodge

NT46NW 25.05 43834 69662 Stables

NT46NW 54 43927 69643 Laundry

(NT 4361 6949) Winton House (NAT)

OS 6" map (1970)

Winton House: Until it was forfeited in 1715, Winton was the junior house of the Setons of Seton Place. They were given the Earldom of Winton in 1600 and about that time the first Earl repaired the house, which had been burnt by Hertford (1545). The second Earl employed the King's Master Mason, William Wallace to enlarge and embellish it in 1620-7. Although the exterior is partly obscured by John Paterson's additions of about 1805, this is still one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in Scotland (C McWilliam 1978). What remains of the earliest masonry is a freestone rubble block, with a jamb at the E end of the N side and a stair-turret in the angle. Wallace added a square tower, projecting N, at the W end, and re-faced part of the earlier work in ashlar. Paterson made castellated additions to the entrance (N) front, and bays E and W. The main block is three storeys in height to the N, but is one storey higher to S, due to the fall of the ground.

N Tranter 1962; RCAHMS 1924

A large mansion, as described.

Visited by OS (BS) 21 October 1975.