Letham House
Country House (17th Century), Glasshouse (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Letham House
Classification Country House (17th Century), Glasshouse (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 54962
Site Number NT47SE 13
NGR NT 49360 73339
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54962
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Haddington
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT47SE 13.00 49360 73339
(NT 4936 7333) Letham House: The centrepiece was originally a 17th century house with a projecting stair-tower at the E end. An ambitious rebuilding was planned about 1735, the date on a lintel of the E pavilion which is, like its fellow, of two storeys. However, the old house remained. Later in the 18th century it was given an E extension with its own projecting stair-tower; about 1800 its windows were enlarged, and about 1835 it was half-heartedly baronialised, with a little porch adjoining its recast tower. House and pavilions were separately modernised by different architects in the early 1970s without significant alteration to their exteriors.
In 1971, the steading to the W, originally of the early 18th century and now known as West Letham, was given a semi-octagonal tower with a pointed roof.
C McWilliam 1978
NT47SE 13.00 49360 73339
NT47SE 13.01 4 7 Stables
NT47SE 13.02 49515 73350 Dovecot
NT47SE 13.03 49454 73709 Gate piers
NT47SE 13.04 49340 73362 West Pavilion (Little Letham)
NT47SE 13.05 49378 73351 East Pavilion (East Cottage)
Historic Scotland - Listing updated 3.10.2000 from 10813 to 13200.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh ?new
Bin 10, Bag 3 Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson 1942
