Luxury Castles & Country Houses in Britain- Scotland
Winton House
East Lothian, Scotland
Sleeps 9 30 minutes from Edinburgh 2 Four poster beds 2 double rooms 1 single room 3 bathrooms.
Winton House dates from the 15th century and is regarded as one of the finest houses of the Anglo Scots Renaissance. It is the focal point of a large lowland estate surrounded by farms and woodlands and overlooking the River Tyne. It is within easy reach of Edinburgh and the airport, with good road and rail networks.
INTRODUCTION
Winton is a wonderful venue for elegant dinners, as the house has fabulous contents and yet is still a friendly and welcoming property. Francis and Dorothy Ogilvy are delightful hosts and Winton is a house of great charm. For period dramas, medieval battles or modern car launches, Winton is an ideal location for both internal and external sets.
CORPORATE EVENTS
Winton is close to Edinburgh and is ideally suited to corporate dinners.
Sleeps 9
Caters for up to 120
Drawing room holds 120
Several smaller meeting rooms
Woodland walks
Stunning dining room
Plenty of parking facilities
2 driveways
HISTORY
The lands of Winton were mentioned in a charter of 1169 by William the Lion and there have only been 3 principal families living in the house since it was first built in 1480. The first family, the Setons included Chancellors of Scotland, and Masters of the Royal Household in the time of James VI. For their support in the Jacobite uprising, their lands were forfeited to the Crown and the next family to buy Winton was the Hamilton-Nisbets. Winton became part of an extraordinary inheritance including some of the best golfing country in Scotland on the coast of Gullane. The marriage to Henry Ogilvy in 1888 brought a highland clan into the Winton story and Sir Francis is the 14th Baronet of Inverquaharity and the 4th generation of Ogilvys at Winton.
After being burnt by Henry VIII, Winton was restored for the 3rd Earl of Winton by William Wallace, the King's master mason. His stone carvings are quite unique and the fine plaster ceilings are nationally acclaimed. The Hamilton-Nisbets later employed the architect John Paterson to add to the house, making it suitable for entertaining on a grand scale.
ACTIVITIES
Music
Musical entertainment can be provided in-house, continuing a century long tradition with both formal and informal concerts, large and small.
Walks
Woodland walks of varying length for both the fit and the romantic.
Edinburgh
All the treasures of Scotland's capital are only half an hour away.
Ancestral Homes
Many other ancestral hoes in the area to visit, including Manderston, Thirlestane and Lennoxlove.
Golf
Some of Scotland's finest courses are within 15 minutes - Gullane, Muirfield, North Berwick, Luffness and Dunbar.
Cashmere
Cashmere outlets in Hawick and Jedburgh.
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