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Summary Record
Date 14 February 2012
Event ID 884390
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Summary Record
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/884390
Marlefield House was built for Captain William Bennet of Grubet c.1695-1717. A three-storey double-pile block with corner towers. In 1754 George Paterson made alterations and additions for Wuilliam Nisbet of Dirleton probably including the the west elevations Venetian doorway and the pavilions in their present form. These may have replaced earlier pavilions. In the 1890s the house was remodelled by Kinnear & Peddie for Athole Stanhope Hay and his wife Caroline Margaret Cunard. Therir work included the addition of a new pedimented front doorcase, dormer windows and the large bay on the south front. The panelling in the hall is reputed to have come from a Cunard liner and the frontdoor lock comes from Robert Adam's Calton Jail, Edinburgh. In the later 20th century it was used run as a hotel but is now a private house.
Information from RCAHMS (STG)
