Ladykirk House, Ladykirk Stables, Ladykirk Riding School
Stable(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Ladykirk House, Ladykirk Stables, Ladykirk Riding School
Classification Stable(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ladykirk House Policies
Canmore ID 88175
Site Number NT84NE 19.01
NGR NT 88518 46096
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88175
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Ladykirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
Though Ladykirk House itself was demolished in the 1960s, some of its ancillary buildings still survive, including an early nineteenth-century stable block and attached riding school.
The stables are arranged in a U-shaped block with an arched central opening, over which is set an octagonal dome.
The stables and riding school were built, like the house itself, by the Robertson family, who occupied Ladykirk estate in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT84NE 19.01 88518 46096
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Account of sums expended on the stables.
Architect: George Tattersall.
Masons: Balmer, Smith and Stirling, Smith and Dods, Waddell.
Plasterer: James Johnstone.
£9,072 14s. 4d.
GD413/20 1844-52
Offer to execute mason work of the stables according to plans and specifications.
Mason: Richard Balmer.
Letter. £1,763.
GD413/19 19 April 1845
Estimates and accounts for work and materials for the alterations and additions to the mansionhouse, and building the stables and conservatory.
Mason: Richard Balmer.
Builder: John Oliver.
Carpenter and joiner: James Hill.
Carpenter and joiner: Adam Young.
Glazier: Baxter.
Ironwork (for stables): Shotts Iron Company.
GD413/19 1845-47
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Account of sums paid for building the riding school.
Architect: H.S. Ridley, London.
Mason: John Smith.
Plasterwork: John Ramage.
£2,764 5s. 1-1/2d.
GD413/20 1850-53
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
