Huntington House

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Huntington House is a mansion near the Scottish town of Haddington in the East Lothian council area . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. In addition, the associated pigeon tower is also independently classified as a category A structure. The south gate, on the other hand, is classified as a category B building, while the stables are classified as a category C monument.

description

Huntington House is isolated approximately 2.5 km northwest of central Haddington. The building dates from the late 17th century, but was expanded and modernized around 1830. It has a non-uniform floor plan with two and three-story building sections. The facades are plastered with Harl and the edges are set off with corner stones . The south-facing front is symmetrical and six axes wide. The entrance area on the central risalit is designed with an architrave and crowning cornices . On the left is a more recent glass house. The round tower with a conical roof protruding on the east side is striking . The original building consists of the elongated part of the building along the rear. A polygonal recess with a simple cornice emerges on the west side . The roofs are covered with gray slate.

Pigeon tower

Huntington House pigeon tower

The pigeon tower was built around 1750. It rises from a square base with a side length of 4.45 m around 50 m southwest of the main house. It may be sitting on the foundations of a former chapel in Haddington's monastery complex. In 2008, the vacant building was added to the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. However, its condition is described as good with at the same time low risk to the building fabric.

The two-story tower is designed in a classical style. As on the manor house, the facades are plastered with Harl. The exception is the facade area above the entrance portal on the east side. The portal is crowned by a simple cornice resting on corbels . A cornice runs over it . The arched windows on all sides with keystones are just as blind today as the doors on the north side. The tower closes with a slate roof . Various nest boxes have been preserved in the interior.

South gate

The south gate, classified as a Category B building, marks the south entrance to the manor house. It is located around 250 m to the southwest. Possibly the building was also built around 1750. The stone gate posts with a polygonal ground plan are made of ashlar. There are profiled depressions above the fluted base. An octagonal urn sits on the western post , which is no longer preserved on the eastern post.

stables

The stables are located around 100 m northwest of the main building. They date from the late 18th century and were redesigned along the back in the late 19th century. The masonry consists of quarry stone and is plastered with Harl, whereby the edges are set off with rusticated corner stones. The buildings almost completely enclose an inner courtyard. The entrance portal with a pressed arch is on the south side . On the ridge above the gate sits a small roof turret with a square base, a pyramid roof and a weather vane . Nine-part lattice windows are embedded along the facade . The buildings close with slate-covered hip roofs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ a b Entry on the pigeon tower of Huntington House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 57 ′ 49.6 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 30.9"  W.