Old Photograph Johnstounburn House Scotland

Old photograph of Johnstounburn House near Humbie in East Lothian, Scotland. The current house was built in 1623 as a coaching Inn on the stagecoach route from Edinurgh to London. It became known as Highwayman's Haunt as it was a meeting place for thieves who robbed the coaches as they slowly moved up nearby Soutra Hill. The house was bought and expanded by Edinburgh whisky baron Andrew Usher in 1884 who entertained shooting parties there until his death in 1898. Another owner was John Hunt who climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.



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