Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar
Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Jennifer Petrie — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lauderdale House, formerly Dunbar House and then Castle Park Barracks, was a private house and then a military installation in Dunbar, Scotland. The building, which is now used as private residential accommodation, is a Category A listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The central part of the building was originally commissioned by the former member of parliament, James Fall, as "Dunbar House". It was south-facing, built in red brick and was completed in around 1730. After the Fall family got into financial difficulties, James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale acquired the building in 1788. The earl commissioned Robert Adam to prepare plans to enlarge the building. The building was then enlarged, after Robert Adam's death, to a design by Robert Adam's brother, John Adam, in the neoclassical style with the north frontage being encased in ashlar stone and the work being completed in 1792. The design involved a new main frontage of thirteen bays facing north…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0040, -2.5176
- District
- East Lothian
- Postcode
- EH42 1AD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lothian East
- Established
- 1855
- Official site
- www.jmbt.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17569213 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lauderdale House, Dunbar (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar?
- Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode EH42 1AD).
- When was Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar built?
- Built or established in 1855.
- Who owns Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar?
- Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar is owned by {{army|United Kingdom}}.
- How do I get to Lauderdale House, Victoria Street, Dunbar?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH42 1AD. It sits within the Lothian East parliamentary constituency.