Musselburgh, High Street, Loretto School, Hope House
House (18th Century)
Site Name Musselburgh, High Street, Loretto School, Hope House
Classification House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 214848
Site Number NT37SW 106.12
NGR NT 34810 72640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214848
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Publication Account (1996)
Loretto House figure 24.H, which stands at the east end of the High Street, set back on the north side, was built in the mid eighteenth century. Part of its facade reveals the quality building of a house of not inconsiderable standing. It was leased in 1827 to found Loretto School, Musselburgh by now having a fine reputation as a town where the sons of a number of Scotland's most important families were sent to be educated (see p 42). The addition of a three-storey flat-roofed block now disfigures the mansion house.
Information from ‘Historic Musselburgh: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1996).