OS1/15/27/72
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUFFNESS HOUSE | Luffness House | Thomas Christison Aberlady James Armstrong Aberlady |
004 | A large and handsomely built Mansion house with office houses all in good repair and having a Small garden and a large tract of arable and other wooded Demesne lands Attached to it. it is the property of George W Hope Esqr. and was built by the French General De Thermes in the year 1649 and it was then encircled by a Small fortification Constructed by the Same Officer, in order to straiten the English Garrison then in Haddington by preventing it from receiving Supplies by Sea. In 1551 the Fort was demolished, none of it now remains Save a Small fragment of a Fosse on the N.N. W. [North North West] Side of the house which was allowed to Stand as private property. In 1850 large Additional improvements were added to the Mansion by the present Proprietor by which it has been much modernised and highly improved. |
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[Page] 73 -- List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C. Asst [Civilian Assistant] -- Plan 4 B Trace 5 -- Parish of AberladyObject
Luffness house - A House
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