Linlithgow, 143 High Street, Annet House
House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Linlithgow, 143 High Street, Annet House
Classification House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Linlithgow Museum
Canmore ID 214374
Site Number NT07NW 193
NGR NT 00037 77073
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214374
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Annet House, 143 High Street, late 18th century
Local history museum in a plain classical house with fanlit and pilastered door. Granny's attic within (and twice as fascinating). Render cloured off. Long rig walls and garden to rear retain early relics.
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
Publication Account (2000)
At 143 High Street, a merchant's house, Annet House, also restored, and converted into a museum and heritage centre, gives some clues to eighteenth-century housing and their large rigs to the rear. The rig wall probably partially predates the present building; nineteenth-century features, such as a cistern and ice-house, may be viewed.
Information from ‘Historic Linlithgow: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).
Note (12 July 2019)
The museum has moved to the Linlithgow Partnership Centre, High Street.