Gardens · Central Scotland
Pinkie House
Pinkie House — a garden in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Pinkie House is a garden of interest in scotland-central, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pinkie House is a historic house, built around a three-storey tower house located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century, and has been altered several times since. Its location at grid reference NT348726 is to the east of the town centre, on the south side of the High Street. The building now forms part of Loretto School, an independent boarding school. Pinkie House is not far from the site of the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, fought in 1547.
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Background
History
Pinkie was formerly the country seat of the Abbots of Dunfermline, 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: The Long Gallery is noted for…
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- Coordinates
- 55.9425, -3.0442
- Address
- | location_city = Musselburgh
- Official site
- www.musselburghmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7196201 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pinkie House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pinkie House?
- Pinkie House is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.9425°, -3.0442°.
- Who owns Pinkie House?
- Pinkie House is owned by Loretto School.