Old Photograph Pinkie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pinkie House, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Pinkie was formerly the country seat of the abbots of Dunfermline in Fife, and the tower house was built some time in the 16th century on the site of the Battle of Pinkie. In 1597, following the Reformation, it passed to Alexander Seton. He served as James VI's chancellor, and was created Earl of Dunfermline in 1605. The young Prince Charles, later Charles I, lived here as a boy, after his father's move to London at the Union of the Crowns in 1603. He slept in what is still known as The King's Room. In 1607 Seton married his third wife, Margaret Hay of Yester, and from 1613 set about expanding the house, adding a long wing to the south, and decorating the interior. In 1694 the property passed to the Hays, the Marquess of Tweeddale adding a door to the east front. In 1745, following victory at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Edward Stuart stayed here, as well as using the building as a field hospital. In 1778 the Hays sold the building to Archibald Hope of Craighall, who made further alterations, and added a stable block. Extensions were carried out in 1825, designed by William Burn. In 1951 Pinkie House was bought by Loretto School.



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