What is recorded here

Nunraw House in East Lothian, Scotland, is a 16th-century tower house later shaped as a 19th-century country home. It may have begun as a narrow defensive tower, then widened into a comfortable residence as danger eased and family life grew. The change from fortress to home is still written in its layers, waiting for a visitor to read them.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Nunraw House as Country House (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Nunraw House was built in the 16th century as a tower house and expanded in the 19th century as a country house. It is important as a surviving example of Scottish domestic architecture across multiple historical periods.

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