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Harburn House, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Harburn House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Doo'cot
Canmore ID 212705
Site Number NT06SW 47.03
NGR NT 04533 60995
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/212705
- Council West Lothian
- Parish West Calder
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Harburn House, 1804
Pretty two-storey Regency villa facing a courtyard; pavilion roof, dentilled cornice and curiously recessed central three bays with fine fanlit doorway. Three much more florid storeys facing north-west over an ornamental lake and beautifully landscaped policies. Now conference centre and hotel (colour page). A late 19th-century summerhouse faces the front entrance. The early 19th-century stables form a plain elegant courtyard beneath the pedimented entrance. Monument, 1835, an ashlar Doric column topped by a ball finial, commemorates the visit of Charles X of France in 1832.
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
NT06SW 47.00 04463 60755 Harburn House
NT06SW 47.01 04584 60796 Monument
NT06SW 47.02 04417 61003 Stables
NT06SW 47.03 04533 60995 Dovecot
NT06SW 13.00 04171 61582 Gate-lodge
NT06SW 14.00 0434 6160 Gate-lodge
NT06SW 15.00 04204 61559 Bridge
NT06SW 16.00 0446 6075 Estate
Harburn House dovecot is depicted on the OS 2nd Edition map (Edinburghshire, sheet XI, 1906)
Information from RCAHMS (TIC), April 2002
