Mavisbank House, Midlothian
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27th November, 5:20 pm
Treasured Places Editor
The top ten was the result of an open public vote. Please use this section, or 'My Place', to tell us why a particular place and image is important to you.
27th November, 1:22 pm
Martin Black, London
What form of madness excluded Mavisbank, a building of European importance, from the RCAHMS Top 10?
25th October, 11:01 am
IAN MCFARLANE, EDINBURGH
It is hightime the avant garde Palladian villa of the renaissance man of the Scottish Enlightenment, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik 2nd Baronet, is restored for the nation
24th October, 9:08 pm
Jeff Stoddart, Penicuik
A landmark in Scottish architecture and of historic importance in the "Scottish Enlightenment"
27th September, 3:51 pm
Lee Witherspoon, Edinburgh
Let's put Loanhead back on the map by bringing this spectacular build back to it's deserved life. The Chestnut Valley to enter this valley will also blow you away!! Believe me you'd forget you were in the Lothians.
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Region: Lothians
This design was produced by William Adam c.1722-23
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8th January, 3:19 pm
Michael Harris, Staffordshire
What form of madness (previous comment) keeps this national treasure in decline when there is so much scope for its restoration?
I visited it two years ago and it is still retains its haunting beauty across the lake.
In 1989 the Environment Minister at the Scottish Office stated that: 'A building of this national importance deserves special considerations' (ref. 'Scotlands Endangered Houses' Dean/Myers). Little has changed in the last 18 years except for its slow demise, despite a showing on the BBC's 'Restoration' programme.