Mellerstain House, viewed from the lawn to the south east.Mellerstain Lake, with the house seen in the distance.
Historyedit
The older house or castle at Mellerstain included an old five-storey tower, ruinous in 1700.[2] Mellerstain was built between 1725 and 1778.[3] The architect William Adam initially designed the east and west wings for George Baillie (1664–1738) and his wife Lady Grisell (1665–1746), daughter of Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont. Work ceased after the wings were completed, and it was another 45 years before George Baillie commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the main mansion house. George was the second son of Charles, Lord Binning (1697–1732), heir to the 6th Earl of Haddington, and he inherited the Mellerstain estate when his aunt Grisell, Lady Murray, died in 1759. He had changed his name from Hamilton to Baillie as a mark of respect.
The mansion house is possibly the only remaining complete building designed by Robert Adam, as most of his other works were additions to existing buildings. The Adelphi, London, in London, was a speculative neoclassicalterraced housing development by the Adam brothers but is now largely demolished, leaving Mellerstain House as an important record of Robert Adam's work.
The interior is a masterpiece of delicate and colourful plasterwork, comprising a small sitting room (originally a breakfast room), a beautiful library (a double cube design), a music room (originally the dining room), the main drawing room, with original silkbrocade wall coverings, a small drawing room (originally a bed chamber) and a small library (originally two dressing rooms). The main entrance hall leads to a long corridor with a staircase to the bedroom floor, from which there is a small back staircase leading to a large gallery room running north to south.
Original wallpapers, hand printed in the 18th and 19th centuries, can be seen in the bedrooms. The Great Gallery displays costumes, fans, embroideries and documents.[4]
The house stands in 80 hectares of parkland, with an Italianate formal terraced garden at the rear, with a sweeping stretch of lawn descending to a lake. These gardens were designed around 1910 by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
mellerstain, house, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mellerstain House news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mellerstain House is a stately home around 8 miles 13 kilometres north of Kelso in the Borders Scotland It is currently the home of George Baillie Hamilton 14th Earl of Haddington and is designated as a historical monument 1 Mellerstain House viewed from the lawn to the south east Mellerstain Lake with the house seen in the distance History editThe older house or castle at Mellerstain included an old five storey tower ruinous in 1700 2 Mellerstain was built between 1725 and 1778 3 The architect William Adam initially designed the east and west wings for George Baillie 1664 1738 and his wife Lady Grisell 1665 1746 daughter of Patrick Hume Earl of Marchmont Work ceased after the wings were completed and it was another 45 years before George Baillie commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the main mansion house George was the second son of Charles Lord Binning 1697 1732 heir to the 6th Earl of Haddington and he inherited the Mellerstain estate when his aunt Grisell Lady Murray died in 1759 He had changed his name from Hamilton to Baillie as a mark of respect The mansion house is possibly the only remaining complete building designed by Robert Adam as most of his other works were additions to existing buildings The Adelphi London in London was a speculative neoclassical terraced housing development by the Adam brothers but is now largely demolished leaving Mellerstain House as an important record of Robert Adam s work The interior is a masterpiece of delicate and colourful plasterwork comprising a small sitting room originally a breakfast room a beautiful library a double cube design a music room originally the dining room the main drawing room with original silk brocade wall coverings a small drawing room originally a bed chamber and a small library originally two dressing rooms The main entrance hall leads to a long corridor with a staircase to the bedroom floor from which there is a small back staircase leading to a large gallery room running north to south Original wallpapers hand printed in the 18th and 19th centuries can be seen in the bedrooms The Great Gallery displays costumes fans embroideries and documents 4 The house stands in 80 hectares of parkland with an Italianate formal terraced garden at the rear with a sweeping stretch of lawn descending to a lake These gardens were designed around 1910 by Sir Reginald Blomfield References edit Historical monuments of Scotland website Helen amp Keith Kelsall Scottish Lifestyle 300 Years Ago John Donald Edinburgh 1986 p 34 The Time of Lady Grisell Baillie on Mellerstain website Mellerstain House publicity leaflet 2014External links editOfficial website 55 38 39 N 2 33 43 W 55 6442 N 2 562 W 55 6442 2 562 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mellerstain House amp oldid 1140250112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
