Historic fire-wrecked mansion saved by Ł1.3m lottery lifeline

Newsletters Subscription

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2005 / December 7

A historic house destroyed by fire more then a century ago is to be restored an opened to the public thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Plans to earmark Ł1.3 million towards a Ł5m project to save Penicuik House in Midlothian were announced today. One of Scotland's finest Palladian mansions, Penicuik House was designed by amateur architect Sir James Clerk, and was called home by generations of his family. The funding will boost plans to restore the historic mansion, and will also help pay for work to be carried out which will allow it to be opened up to the public. There are also plans to create a centre for heritage skills training within the mansion.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the original story which was a working link at the time of publication may be no longer available on the newspaper site. In that case, the dates and headline of the story will allow you to research the original through your local library. In addition, some newspaper sites may require registration, either at a cost or free.