Lauderdale House (East Lothian)

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Lauderdale House

Lauderdale House , also Dunbar House or Castlepark Barracks at times , is a former manor house in the Scottish town of Dunbar in the East Lothian Council Area . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

history

The politician James Fall , member of the House of Commons for the local constituency of Haddington Burghs , had the building erected around 1740. After his death in 1743 his son Robert , provost and merchant in Dunbar, inherited the property. For financial reasons he was forced to sell the building in 1788. James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale acquired the property and had it significantly expanded and remodeled in 1792. The brothers Robert and James Adam provided the designs for this. During this construction phase, the side wings of Lauderdale House were created. Robert Adam died around the time construction began and was probably no longer significantly involved in the execution. In 1859 the military took over the property and added barracks in the area, creating the Castlepark Barracks . During the Second World War , units were stationed there to defend the region from invasion. Lauderdale House was later divided into residential units and now serves as a residential building.

description

The back of the building at the head of the high street

Lauderdale House is in the center of Dunbar in a prominent position at the head of the High Street , the city's main drag, near the banks of the Firth of Forth . The front faces northwest, facing away from the city and towards the estuary. Originally, the building , which is now classicistically designed, consisted of the central part. There is the entrance area with a semicircular protruding portico with Ionic columns and frieze . A stone balustrade closes the portico and is continued along the gable roof . The gable surfaces of the flanking, massive side wings are designed with triangular gables. Triple windows are set into round-arched recesses on the ground floor .

On the rear façade, a central projection emerges on the seven-axis wide central part of the building . It closes with a frieze and architrave on which a sphinx rests. While cuboids made of red sandstone were used on the front, sandstone roughly hewn into cuboids was used on the back. The building closes with slate roofs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Lauderdale House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland

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Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ 13.5 ″  N , 2 ° 31 ′ 1.8 ″  W.