This is Hatton House as drawn by Captain John Selzer
c. 1680. It was completed in 1692 and was demolished in 1955.
One of the great Renaissance houses of Scotland, expanded
from an original tower and later Renaissance courtyard by Lord Charles Maitland. It
became a great rectangular mansion, circular towers on each corner, with
an enormous balustraded viewing platform at the centre. Its surrounding
policies were equally imposing - parterres, formal gardens and wilderness
- some traces of which - including the ogee-roofed pavilions at each end
- remain.
The above picture shows one of the two remaining pavilions
as viewed across the marshland that contains what was once a decorative
artificial lake. Below is an enlarged view of the same pavilion.
One of the remaining farm buildings that is well maintained
and still in use. At each end are residences and the large, central door
leads into an area for the storage of potatoes.
