Prestonfield House

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Coordinates: 55°56′11″N 3°09′27″W / 55.936426°N 3.157475°W / 55.936426; -3.157475
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Prestonfield House
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General information
LocationPriestfield Road, Edinburgh,  Scotland
Coordinates55°56′11″N 3°09′27″W / 55.936426°N 3.157475°W / 55.936426; -3.157475
Opening1960s
Other information
Number of suites23
Number of restaurants1
Website
www.prestonfield.com

Prestonfield House is a

Sir William Bruce,[1] it was once considered a wealthy rural estate, however in recent decades, it has come to serve as a hotel. Although it falls on the small side as an establishment, having only 23 rooms, it is well-known to hotel and hospitality critics.[2][3] The hotel is at the foot of Arthur's Seat and has a large roundhouse, previously used for keeping horses. The stables were repurposed and now host events, including the "Taste of Scotland Festival".[4]

History

Originally known as Priestfield, the site was once a wealthy

Henry, Earl of Northumbria.[5]

Circa 1510, Walter Chepman built Priestfield House on the site. Thomas Hamilton, Lord Priestfield was clearly living in the house in 1607, when he adopted Prestonfield as his style as a Senator of the College of Justice.[6]

Sir William Bruce to design a replacement building, which was then renamed Prestonfield, distancing it from its Catholic connections.[7]

The house remained the home of the Dick baronets for many centuries.

In 1751 the house was inherited by

Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham VC (16 June 1851 – 6 January 1900) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was in command of the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, in the Second Boer War where he was mortally wounded in action at the siege of Ladysmith
.

The estate was converted for use as a hotel in the 1960s and, in 2003, the hotel was bought by restaurateur James Thomson.

In 2004 Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie was charged and later convicted of Wilful fire raising after setting fire to a set of curtains in the hotel following a night of heavy drinking in The Stables at The Scottish Politician of the Year party.[9][10]

  • Prestonfield House, as viewed from Holyrood Park
    Prestonfield House, as viewed from Holyrood Park
  • Prestonfield House, as viewed from the grounds
    Prestonfield House, as viewed from the grounds
  • Lavish internal décor
    Lavish internal décor
  • Dick family portraits inside the House
    Dick family portraits inside the House

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-470-47075-6
  2. ^ "PRESTONFIELD - Updated 2019 Prices, Hotel Reviews, and Photos (Edinburgh)".
  3. ^ "Luxury 5 Star Boutique Hotel, Edinburgh | Prestonfield House Hotel". www.prestonfield.com.
  4. ^ Taste of Scotland.
  5. ^ "Luxury 5 Star Boutique Hotel, Edinburgh | Prestonfield House Hotel". www.prestonfield.com.
  6. ^ An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice
  7. ^ "Luxury 5 Star Boutique Hotel, Edinburgh | Prestonfield House Hotel". www.prestonfield.com.
  8. ^ "Dick, Alexander" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  9. ^ "Prison for drunken peer who set fire to hotel curtain". the Guardian. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "MSP admits setting fire to hotel curtains". The Independent. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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