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Hatton House, Lion Gates

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Gate(S) (18th Century)

Site Name Hatton House, Lion Gates

Classification Gate(S) (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Hatton Estate

Canmore ID 123164

Site Number NT16NW 5.04

NGR NT 1291 6882

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/123164

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view of the site of Hatton House, looking NW.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Ratho
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

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Hatton House, 1678 (demolished, 1955)

One of the great Renaissance houses of Scotland expanded from an original tower and later Renaissance courtyard by Lord Charles Maitland, brother of the Duke of Lauderdale. It became a great rectangular mansion, circular towers on each corner, its main tower turned into an enormous balustraded viewing platform at the centre. Its surrounding policies were equally imposing - parterres, formal gardens and wilderness - some traces of which - including the ogee-roofed pavilions at each end - remain. Most splendid survival is the magnificent winged gates.

Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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