Brunstane House
Brunstane House is a country house in Brunstane , a north-eastern suburb of the Scottish capital Edinburgh .
history
The area of the house, which was also called Gilbertoun , has been inhabited since the Middle Ages . The house belonged to the Crichton family during the Scottish Reformation ; the family was notorious for their intrigues against Cardinal David Beaton . In 1545 both George Wishart and John Knox stayed at the house.
The house still preserved today was built by John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale , in 1639. An earlier house with an L-shaped floor plan from the 1560s and elements of the Crichton house from the beginning of the 14th century were integrated. William Bruce expanded it in 1672 and in 1733 it was bought by Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton . He commissioned the architect William Adam to rebuild parts of the house and equip it inside with wood paneling, stucco and other details. The house contains some of the earliest examples of sash windows in Scotland; they were invented in 1690.
The house changed hands frequently:
- March 19, 1703 - inherited from Lyonell, Earl of Dysart , the only son of the Duchess of Lauderdale.
- May 31, 1736 - sold to the Duke of Argyle
- 1746 - sold to James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn
- September 28, 1747 - Part of James Hamilton's property sold to Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun . He died in the house on December 13, 1766.
- February 15, 1769 - Property recombined and sold to James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn.
- 1875 - Sold by the descendant of the 8th Earl, the Duke of Abercorn , to the Benhar Coal Company for the exercise of mining rights. They kept the land and sold the house without any large lands.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brunstane House . Historic Houses Association. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
Web links
Coordinates: 55 ° 56 '24 " N , 3 ° 5' 37.7" W.