Arniston House
Country House (18th Century)
Site Name Arniston House
Classification Country House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Arniston House Estate; Arniston Policies; Old Arniston House
Canmore ID 53271
Site Number NT35NW 18
NGR NT 32589 59467
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53271
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Borthwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT35NW 18.00 32589 59467
NT35NW 18.01 33036 59476 Home Farm
NT35NW 18.02 33060 59516 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 18.03 32647 59487 Stables
NT35NW 18.04 32527 59109 Walled Garden
NT35NW 18.05 33516 59557 Kennels
NT35NW 18.06 32566 59223 Pillar
NT35NW 18.07 32659 59141 Urn
NT35NW 18.08 32660 59089 Footbridge
NT35NW 18.09 33395 59499 East gate-lodge and gates
NT35NW 18.10 32399 59185 Grotto
NT35NW 18.11 32772 58992 South Gate
NT35NW 18.12 32620 59431 Summerhouse
NT35NW 18.13 32616 59167 Footbridge
NT35NW 18.14 32678 59138 Stone Bench
NT35NW 18.15 32528 59174 Stream Ornament
NT35NW 18.16 32657 59067 Bridge
NT35NW 18.17 32393 59155 Rustic Bridge 1
NT35NW 18.18 32322 59115 Rustic Bridge 2
NT35NW 18.19 32274 59108 Rustic Bridge 3
NT35NW 18.20 32215 59077 Rustic Bridge 4
NT35NW 18.21 32155 54450 Rustic Bridge 6
NT35NW 18.22 32550 59189 Sunken Garden
NT35NW 18.23 32620 59059 Garden House
NT35NW 18.24 32473 59007 Ice House
NT35NW 18.25 31969 59326 West Lodge
NT35NW 18.27 32533 59491 Orangery
NT35NW 18.28 3259 5946 Sculptured Fragments
NT35NW 18.29 32529 59505 West Outbuilding
NT35NW 18.30 32665 59479 East Outbuilding
NT35NW 18.31 32566 59494 Western Pavilion
NT35NW 18.32 32619 59489 Eastern Pavilion
NT35NW 18.33 32595 59600 Ha Ha
NT35NW 18.34 32587 59418 Sundial
NT35NW 18.35 33052 59516 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 18.36 33044 59517 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 18.37 33036 59517 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 18.38 33028 59518 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 18.39 33019 59519 Home Farm, Cottage (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Home Farm Cottages)
NT35NW 14 32771 58897 South gate-lodge
NT35NW 15 32446 59465 Garden Ornament
NT35NW 81 32751 58906 Bridge over Purvies Hill Burn
NT35NE 32 35110 59615 Castlelaw gate-lodge, gates
NT36SW 81 33350 60313 Arniston Mains
NT36SW 82 33667 61215 North gate-lodge
NT36SW 83 33128 61163 Rustic Bridge 5
NMRS REFERENCE:
Owner: Dundas Bekker family. (Miss Dundas; Law agent: Mr J Pitman, J & F Anderson, W.S., Edinburgh)
Architect: William Adam, 1726-53
Plaster work - Joseph Enzer
Plans:
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh alts
Attic 2, Bin 10, Bag 2 Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson 1948
Dick Peddie & McKay, Edinburgh measured drawings
Attic 2, Bin 10, Bag 2 Stanoslaw Tyrowicz 1946
Dick Peddie & McKay, Edinburgh survey
attic 2, Bin 10, Bag 2 J W & J Laird
219 St Vincent St 1923
Measured drawing notes by S Tyrowicz - manuscripts
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Arniston House Archives - plans by William and John & Robert Adam (ref Arnison and the Country Seat)
National Library - Country Life, August 15, 1925 - illus. article
National Library - Scots Magazine Sept 1807 - engraving. P Naysmith
Public Library - Scots Magazine January 1811 - 1 engraving of Arniston Bridge
Scottish Record Office:
Drawings are ready for Mr Dundas.
Letter from William Adam, architect, to Sr John Clerk.
1726
GD 18/4729/2
View of Arniston from the North.
Print of a pen and ink sketch included in a scrapbook.
1896-1913
GD 81/17/132
Photographic Survey (1946)
Photographs of Arniston House, Midlothian, by the National Buildings Record Scottish Council in 1946, together with drawings of the house.
Photographic Survey (1954)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1954.
Photographic Survey (1958)
Photographic survey of the drawing and dining room ceiling by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1958.
