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Ice House, Newhailes, Musselburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Musselburgh, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9414 / 55°56'29"N

Longitude: -3.0798 / 3°4'47"W

OS Eastings: 332652

OS Northings: 672568

OS Grid: NT326725

Mapcode National: GBR 2D.YQ1P

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.NXNL

Plus Code: 9C7RWWRC+H3

Entry Name: Ice House, Newhailes, Musselburgh

Listing Name: Newhailes House, Walled Garden, Walled Flower Garden, Fruit Store, Tea House, Ice House and Terraced Walk

Listing Date: 26 August 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346021

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13038

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Musselburgh, Newhailes, Ice House

ID on this website: 200346021

Location: Inveresk

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Musselburgh

Parish: Inveresk

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1780. Various components of designed landscape to N and W of house, now in poor condition.

WALLED GARDEN: immediately to W of house, to N of stables, roughly trapezoid in plan, open to 1 side, compartmented, probably incorporating earlier rubble stone boundary walls to W. Brick walls rising to circa 12" at highest point, ashlar coped and curved sown to sides. Ashlar dressings to pedestrian gateways. Evidence of former heating ducts and greenhouse provision.

WALLED FLOWER GARDEN: brick lined walls circa 12" high, swept down at intervals, on depressed arch line to NW and closed by straight wall to SE with gablet stone coping; segmental headed recesses to interior (some brick blocked);

FRUIT STORE: in E corner of walled flower garden; rectangular-plan, classical. Ashlar and Coade stone (?). Broad architraved opening with voussoirs; cornice.

TEA HOUSE: remains of rectangular-plan classical tea house to N of planned landscape. Stugged ashlar. Lugged architraved to entrance.

ICE HOUSE: subterranean ice house in walled flower garden to E. Droved ashlar opening above ground with mould behind; ashlar coping to wallhead. Interior not seen (1994).

TERRACE WALK: raised walkway on battered brick terrace retaining wall running SW-NE to N of house. Formerly with bridge to NE end joined to ha-ha wall, allowing access to woodland behind.

Statement of Interest

Presumably part of the pleasure grounds laid out by Lord Hailes from 1780. See separate listings for Shell Grotto, Dovecot, Earl of Stair Monument, Gardener's Cottage, Gatepiers, Gates, Policy Wall, Railings and Quadrants. The House and Stables are also listed separately.

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