Traquair House - Innerleithen - Haven to the Stuart Kings and Queens of Scotland.

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Traquair House is the oldest, continuously inhabited, house in Scotland. Alexander I had a hunting lodge here, and Traquair was visited by many of the monarchs of Scotland, and some of England including Edward I and Edward II. The lands had passed to the Douglases by the 13th century, then through many other families until it was sold to the Earl of Buchan in 1478.
Mary, Queen of Scots, visited with Lord Darnley and her son, the future King James VI and I, in 1566. James Stuart, 4th Laird of Traquair, helped Mary escape from Lochleven Castle after her abdication in 1568.
The famous Bear Gates were closed by the 5th Earl of Traquair after a visit from Bonnie Prince Charlie, as a show of support for the cause. Not to be reopened until a Stuart monarch was returned to the throne of Great Britain. The Earl spent time imprisoned in the Tower of London for his Jacobite leanings.
Sir Walter Scott was a friend of the family and often visited Traquair - gaining inspiration, it is said, for some of his works.
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@zoefoster1873 11 месяцев назад

It's a magical, fascinating place - I love visiting it. And it's set in the most stunning Border countryside. I wish we could have seen more - the brewery, the gardens and maze, and also the garderobe...!! I remember being told that they used handfuls of moss as loo roll...!!

@Seekerfilms 11 месяцев назад

I ran out of time on the day unfortunately.

@janoginski5557 11 месяцев назад

It is a beautiful & magical place. I’ve visited a few times but many years ago. The House has a great charm to it. Isn’t it ironic we live in these Times, with all the alleged progress but the housing is designed and built by developers whose sole focus is making as large a profit as is possible it certainly isn’t on creating beautiful homes for people to live their Life in, utilitarian at best. The culprits, planning regs. and unimaginative and The ill educated developers. They use the word “Legacy”, give us a break from the empty rhetoric. These contemporary housing developments are a scourge on a beautiful landscape and townscape. And being a builder as well as a designer I have first hand experience of the build quality or to be more accurate the total lack of. They will not stand the test of time, hopefully. Unlike Innerleithen.

@Seekerfilms 6 месяцев назад

I agree with you on many points. The ever ‘progressing’ stomp of ‘progress’ will leave very little still apparent in 200 years from now…