Dalmeny House, West Lothian Stately Home, Architect, Building, History, Image
Dalmeny House, Edinburgh
Historic Scottish Property, near South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland
post updated 30 March 2022
Dalmeny House Edinburgh
Location: South Queensferry, off A90, north-west of Edinburgh
photograph © Adrian Welch
Home of the Lord Rosebery
Design: William Wilkins, architect
Address: South Queensferry, Edinburgh EH30 9TQ
Opened: 1817
Dalmeny Gardens photo © Adrian Welch
Barnbougle Castle (picture below, in distance at the tip) was the previous home prior to Dalmeny House.
View of House along Forth photo © Adrian Welch
Contact Dalmeny House & Gardens: +44 (0)131 331 1888 ; [email protected]
In 1774 Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery, commissioned Robert Adam to design a new house at Barnbougle, and in 1788 Robert Burn also provided designs. However, the Earl concentrated on the estate, carrying out woodland planting and constructing a walled garden.
The son of the 3rd Earl, Archibald Primrose, commissioned further plans in the early 19th century: from William Atkinson (1805) and William Burn (1808). Again nothing was done until Archibald succeeded as 4th Earl of Rosebery in 1814. He then turned for a new house to Jeffrey Wyatt, who provided a Tudor Gothic design. Lord Rosebery approved, but wished to employ architect William Wilkins. Wilkins was therefore asked for a Tudor Gothic design, which was eventually built in 1817.
source: wikipedia
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To the south-west of Dalmeny House is Dalmeny Village with a lovely church, Dalmeny Kirk
Wikipedia page for this historic property: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmeny_House
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Website: https://roseberyestates.co.uk