What is recorded here

Hatton House stood as a seventeenth-century country mansion beside a medieval tower, holding Lauders, Maitlands and dukes within its walls near Ratho. Bothwell stayed there before marrying Mary, Queen of Scots, while James VI used it as a hunting lodge before fleeing back to Edinburgh. The estate changed hands repeatedly until it was broken into smaller lots, leaving behind a residence that served kings, earls and ambitious families across centuries.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hatton House as Country House (17th Century), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Hatton House, a 17th-century country house with medieval origins as a tower house, is significant as a surviving example of Scottish domestic architecture and the evolution of noble residences in the region. Its exact builder is not specified, but it reflects the transition from defensive to more comfortable domestic living in the early modern period.

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