IN 1929, the quintessential English wit Noel Coward first sang a little ditty with which he became associated for the rest of his life ...
IN 1929, the quintessential English wit Noel Coward first sang a little ditty with which he became associated for the rest of his life. It went like this:Have still the upper hand
Confusingly, some Scottish stately homes are called castles, but I side with the late great historical fiction writer Nigel Tranter, an expert on the subject of castles which he defined in his factual masterwork The Fortified House In Scotland as “fortalices, lesser castles, peel towers, keeps and defensible lairds’ houses.
I omitted “The Manny” , as the statue is also known, on grounds of taste. I would not want it demolished, but as Kenny suggests, not enough Scots know our history because we were not taught it at school. Begun in 1699, Hopetoun House was created over many decades by Scotland’s greatest architects, Sir William Bruce and William Adam, whose sons John and Robert completed the interiors, including the entrance hall. The house is surrounded by a designed landscape, and the estate of nearly 6000 acres contains deer parks and numerous buildings which are historic and listed in their own right.
Again, Dalmeny is important because of the influence it had on other families that wanted their own stately home. The 7th Laird was made the 1st Earl of Traquair and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland by King Charles I, for whom he fought during the wars of the Three Kingdoms. Most of the Scottish stately homes built in the 19th century – usually paid for by the proceeds of the British Empire’s trade – were in the Scots Baronial style and often influenced by Abbotsford. They can be found all over Scotland and many are landmarks in their own right.
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