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In 1999, Lyon & Turnbull was acquired by a group of auctioneers who had left Phillips, an auction house which was the third largest in the world during the 1990s.They were joined in the enterprise by Sir Angus Grossart, Chairman of Noble Grossart, a Scottish merchant bank, and a past chairman of the trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland.
British and Irish country house contents auctions are usually held on site at the country house, and have been used to raise funds for their owners, usually before selling the house and estate. Such auctions include the sale of high quality antique paintings , furniture , objets d'art , tapestries , books , and other household items.
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
Newliston is an 18,146 sq ft (1,685.8 m 2) country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Kirkliston , and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city centre. The house, designed by Robert Adam in the late 18th century, is a category A listed building . [ 1 ]
7 Edinburgh & the Lothians. 8 Fife. 9 Greater Glasgow and Clydesdale. 10 Inverness, ... Holmwood House; Hutchesons' Hall; Kittochside, The Museum of Scottish Country ...
Mavisbank House, main (NE) front in 2023. Mavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland.It was designed by architect William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727. [1]
Brunstane (/ ˈ b r ʌ n s t ə n / BRUN-stən) is a northeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on the A1 and is served by Brunstane railway station on the Borders Railway . Brunstane partly consists of new housing, such as the Gilberstoun estate, and also contains the 1950s council housing schemes known as Magdalene and the Christians ...
Mayfield is a community in Midlothian, Scotland, located just south of Dalkeith near Edinburgh between the A68 and the A7 south. It had an estimated population of 13,690 in 2022. It had an estimated population of 13,690 in 2022.