Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same can certainly be said of Mellerstain. Begun in 1725 and finally completed in 1778, this grand stately home has a fascinating history, and is of unique architectural interest as the result of a fruitful collaboration of successive generations of the Baillie and Adam families, as patrons and architects.
Great country houses like Mellerstain reflected the new-found optimism and stability of a more enlightened and prosperous Scotland in the eighteenth century, and the splendid Robert Adam interiors, with their classical plasterwork friezes and glowing colours, have survived the fads and fashions of successive generations to give us a remarkably complete picture of a stately home as it would have been 230 years ago.
Mellerstain, the grand design among Scotland’s finest stately homes, has been open to the public for fifty years. Come and discover the story of Mellerstain for a day, and enjoy the fabulous paintings, embroidery, china and furniture collections, admire the classical perfection of Robert Adam's architecture and interior decoration, and be inspired by the friendly atmosphere and romantic location of one of Scotland's greatest Georgian houses.
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