Prestongrange House

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Prestongrange House is a historic house at Prestongrange near Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is now the site of Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.

The house is set in a thickly wooded park and is in the Scottish baronial style.

1 History
2 The Drollities
3 Photo gallery
4 External links
5 References
6 See also

[edit] History

Prestongrange House was known as Newbattle Grange when it was bequeathed in 1184 to the monks of Newbattle Abbey by Robert de Quincy, Earl of Winchester. It was occupied by the Ker (or Kerr) family, then by the Morisons, the Grants, and finally the Grant-Suttie family. The latter vacated the House at the start of the 20th century and leased it for the benefit of the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club, and eventually sold it for their benefit after World War II.

[edit] The Drollities

The Drollities is the name of a painted ceiling which existed in the House since 1581. The design consists of "droll" figures which are said to be inspired by the French "Songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel". The ceiling is now part of Napier University.