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East Lodge, Whittingehame House

A Category A Listed Building in Whittingehame, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9649 / 55°57'53"N

Longitude: -2.6232 / 2°37'23"W

OS Eastings: 361192

OS Northings: 674826

OS Grid: NT611748

Mapcode National: GBR 2Y.XBKM

Mapcode Global: WH8W4.PB1L

Plus Code: 9C7VX97G+WP

Entry Name: East Lodge, Whittingehame House

Listing Name: Whittingehame House, East Lodge with Piers

Listing Date: 12 March 1986

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351423

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17486

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351423

Location: Whittingehame

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Parish: Whittingehame

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Probably William Burn, circa 1827. Greek classical single
storey gate lodge, with additions of varying date Cullalo
ashlar with cill and blocking courses; architraved
openings.
S ELEVATION: advanced 5-bay block (outer left bay an
indistinguishable addition, circa 1986); fluted Doric
columns to pedimented porch at centre; 2-leaf panelled
door; window in flanking bays, narrower in outer bays.
Recessed bays to outer left (added sensitively circa
1986), with regrettable later conservatory added.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: canted bay to E end, and harled
modern extensions to W end.
N ELEVATION: originally with slightly advanced centre,
doorway with panel above, flanked by windows flat-roofed
low rectangular outbuilding added to outer right,
intercepting window. Modern harled addition to outer
right replacing original flat-roofed outbuilding.
12-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows.
Corniced ashlar stacks, with some decorative cans
retained. Flat-roofed replacing shallow piend.
PIERS: square corniced ashlar gatepiers by porch.

Statement of Interest

Second of 2 Greek lodges to Whittingehame House. Probable

attribution to Burn rather than to Smirke (who designed the

West Lodge) is made because of different quality of work.

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