Loretto School Campus Tour of Pinkie House & Loretto Chapel
This event is part of East Lothian Archaeology and Heritage Fortnight which is organised annually by East Lothian Council Archaeology Service.
1-7 Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, EH21 7RE
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Join us for a guided tour within the beautiful grounds of Loretto School which will focus on two fascinating buildings that dominate the campus:
Pinkie House
The origins of Pinkie House date to the 14th-century with significant additions in the 15th-century being undertaken by Alexander Seton and further additions made in the early 17th-century. This fascinating building has enduring links to East Lothian’s rich cultural history. The famous Painted Gallery (1630) features one of the finest painted ceilings in Scotland, a rare survivor. In the 18th-century, Prince Charles Edward Stuart spent the night at Pinkie House after the Battle of Prestonpans.
Loretto Chapel
Loretto Chapel is an exquisite building that was commissioned in 1892 and enlarged and remodelled, in a striking fashion, in 1964; its present organ was installed in 1989. There are memorials to former pupils who fell in the World Wars and memorial plaques to many others associated with the school.
Please note there are some steep stairs at both of these buildings.
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