Cockenzie House

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Cockenzie House

Cockenzie House is a villa in the Scottish village of Cockenzie and Port Seton in the East Lothian Council Area . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. The associated gardens are also listed in the Scottish Gardens and Parks Register.

history

Cockenzie House was built by the Lords of Winton House around 1680 . It was available to the harbor master and head of salt extraction. After George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton , a Jacobite , lost his lands as a result of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 , Cockenzie House fell to the York Building Company . The Cadell family of glasses from Haddington bought the property in the mid-18th century . They added some extensions and also pushed the landscaping of the gardens forward. Everard Im Thurn spent his old age here. The villa was given up in the 1970s. It was becoming increasingly dilapidated and numerous details were removed or lost.

Included are storage buildings that are supposed to be connected to the Hanseatic League . They are also known as the Great Custom or Hanseatic Barn . Historical maps show that the warehouses are older than Cockenzie House. However, their architectural design suggests a similar year of construction, which is why it may be a new building. Unusual collections were also stored in the warehouses, such as the possessions of the local Free Church community after they were evicted from today's Old Parish Church . In the 1980s a fire devastated the buildings and almost completely destroyed them. They were restored in the 1990s, but lost some of their architectural character.

description

Cockenzie House is on the High Street close to the south bank of the Firth of Forth and the docks. The building's facades are partially plastered with gray Harl and details are set off with sandstone . The south side is nine axes wide. The central entrance portal with Doric pilasters , friezes and cornices was designed in the early 18th century. Lattice windows are arranged along the facade . Three hipped dormer windows emerge from the slate hipped roof . The north facade facing the lake is characterized by additions from 1845 and 1902. Two parts of the building emerge. The wing going off on the east side was originally one-story, but was partially extended by a second floor. The former storage building adjoins at right angles on the west side. It is constructed asymmetrically and designed with lattice windows and dormers. Windows, doors and the roof date from the time of the restoration, but the masonry still consists of the original quarry stone.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 58 '12.7 "  N , 2 ° 57' 46.4"  W.