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Drummohr House

Country House (18th Century)

Site Name Drummohr House

Classification Country House (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Drum-mohr; Drumore; Drummore; Dromore; Loretto School; Levenhall; Musselburgh

Canmore ID 53737

Site Number NT37SE 89

NGR NT 36894 73229

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Prestonpans
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Architecture Notes

NT37SE 89.00 36894 73229

NT37SE 89.01 NT 37228 73357 Lodge

NT37SE 89.02 NT 37229 73370 East gates

NT37SE 89.03 NT 36339 73112 West lodge

NMRS REFERENCE:

Dick Peddie and MacKay, Edinburgh new building

Bin 2, Bag 2 Wm. Bruce

6 Rutland Square

NMRS REFERENCE:

Architect: George Jamieson

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Activities

Standing Building Recording (18 June 2014 - 19 June 2014)

NT 36893 73226 A programme of historic building recording and evaluation was undertaken, 18–19 June 2014, on the site of Drummohr House, prior to redevelopment of the house and grounds. The house was built in the 1740s/1750s by the Dalrymple family as a replacement for an earlier house in the grounds. It was constructed as a three-bay, three-storey, neo-classical house in red sandstone with a central projecting centre bay and triangular pediment with bay windows to the side elevations. Later additions included a service wing, which was taken down and rebuilt in the early 19th century and heavily rebuilt and extended in the early 1880s. The house has largely been redundant for a number of years, although

throughout the 20th century it was used as a Passionists Monastery, an outbuilding for Loretto School at Musselburgh and a care home. It has largely been stripped of its furniture and in 2001 a dry rot problem caused more stripping out of the furnishings. However, some nice original/early features remain, including two marble fireplaces and the main grand

staircase. An evaluation was also undertaken on the site of the intended new houses within the grounds; however, no archaeological finds or features were identified.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Design Assets Ltd

Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group

(Source: DES)

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