Winton House

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Winton House

Winton House , also Winton Castle , is a mansion a few hundred meters north of the Scottish village of Pencaitland in the East Lothian Council Area . In 1971 the Renaissance building with Tudor Gothic elements was included in the Scottish list of monuments in the highest category A. In addition, various associated buildings are independently classified as monuments. The gateway to the South Lodge and the North Lodge are also classified as Category A structures. The South Lodge itself and the laundry are Category B monuments. The associated stables are classified as Category C structures. A monument ensemble does not exist. Most recently, the associated gardens were included in the Scottish Register of Landscape Gardens.

history

The history of the lands of Winton goes back to the noble family de Quince ( Quincy ), which in the early 12th century, during the reign of I. Alexander , lived there. By marriage they came into the possession of the de Saytens family ( Clan Seton ). The ownership became official through David I. The lands of Seton and Winton were united at the time of William I and around 1480 George Seton, 4th Lord Seton, had a fortress built there. In the middle of the 16th century, English troops destroyed the fortress, which from then on lay in ruins.

After Robert Seton was made the first Earl of Winton in 1600, he set about repairing the ruins. With his death in 1603, the mansion, which was being rebuilt, passed to his heir Robert Seton, 2nd Earl of Winton . He found himself unable to bear the burden of debt his father had incurred while working on Winton House and a few years later renounced his title in favor of his younger brother George . Around 1620 he commissioned the stonemason William Wallace with the completion of Winton House. The former fortress was significantly expanded, creating today's manor house. Seton's headquarters, however, remained in Seton Palace . The creation of the first surrounding gardens is also attributed to George Seton.

George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton , a Jacobite , lost the lands as a result of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 . Winton House fell to the York Building Company and was entering a period of unused decay. When the company went bankrupt in 1779, Hamilton Nisbet , whose property included Archerfield House , acquired Winton House. At the beginning of the 19th century, Winton House was redesigned and slightly expanded. However, compared to the Pencaitland House, which was devastated by a fire in 1876 and later demolished, its significance remained minor. Winton House was inherited within the female line until 1846, when it fell to Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore-Ruthven, 8th Lady Ruthven of Freeland . She made a significant contribution to the design of the park, which also necessitated the relocation of Winton .

In 1920 the architect Gilbert Ogilvy inherited the property. He had various extensions on the east side canceled. During the Second World War , parts of the park were plowed and forests cut down. They were reforested in the 1950s and 1960s. Gate elements were moved from the Bloxholm Hall in Lincolnshire , England, which was abandoned in the 1960s, to the park of Winton House. In the later 20th century, parts of the mansion were converted into residential units. Today areas of Winton House are available for rent.

Possibly Walter Scott orientated himself at Ravenswood Castle in his work " The Last Ravenswood " at Winton Hall.

South Lodge

The South Lodge flanks the south access road to Winton House. The building, which dates from the late 19th century, is located on the northern edge of Pencaitland. It is a one-story lodge made of cream-colored sandstone . The asymmetrical structure closes with a slate roof, the ridge of which is adorned with a decorative terracotta comb .

The adjacent gate driveway dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. Ornate, wrought-iron pillars support the double-winged, also wrought-iron gate. The spanning headjoint may have come from Bloxholm Hall and was added later. The pedestrian gates flanking the Kutschweg are finely crafted and decorated with foliage. They were probably added later and their design was adapted to the older main gate. They are hung on stone pillars that could have been from the early 20th century.

North Lodge

North Lodge

North Lodge is located around 700 m north of the manor house. It marks the northern approach to the lands. When it was built in the early 19th century, there were two individual towers with an octagonal floor plan that flanked the path. Gilbert Ogilvy added the brick archway around 1925 and thus connected the two to a single structure. The towers, like the bridge over the pointed-arched driveway, are provided with pseudo battlement reinforcement. Above the flanking pedestrian gates there are bare coat of arms plates. An extension with a gable roof was added on the east side in the late 19th century . The wrought iron, double-winged gate may date from the 17th century. The outer gates are probably of a later date.

laundry

Gilbert Ogilvy added the laundry in 1928. The building is located 200 m northeast of Winton House. It consists of a high, one-story laundry, which is adjoined by a two-story residential building. The masonry consists of rubble from sandstone, which was roughly cut into blocks. There are lattice windows fitted with different layout. A coat of arms plate shows the coat of arms of the Ogilvy clan . The roof is covered with gray slate. The building has since been converted into a residential building.

stables

The associated stables are located 200 m north of Winton House. They date from the later 19th century. The buildings are single-story and enclose an inner courtyard on three sides. The north side is delimited by a wall, so that a completely enclosed courtyard is created. The masonry consists of rubble from sandstone. The south side with the central doorway is symmetrical and seven axes wide. A coat of arms above the archway is blind. The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b 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 Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  9. ↑ Winton House website

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Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 55 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 1.6 ″  W.