Hutton Castle
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Hutton Castle is a castle in the Scottish Borders
, overlooking the Whiteadder Water
near Berwick-on-Tweed.
Originally a property of the Home
s of Wedderburn
, from 1876 the castle was owned by Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
. His descendants owned it until it was purchased in 1916 by Sir William Burrell
, a Glaswegian shipping merchant who lived there until his death in 1958. When Burrell bequeathed his art collection to the Glasgow Corporation in 1944, he agreed that his "Burrell Collection
" would be displayed in the dining room, the drawing room and the hall of the castle. Since 1983, the collection, consisting of over 8,000 items, has been displayed in reconstructions of the Hutton Castle rooms in a brick building in Pollok Country Park
, Glasgow
.
The hall retains much of its original medieval stonework and stained glass. The dining room contains a large oak refectory table dated 1581 and a number of English chairs dating from 1650 to 1715. It also has numerous Persian rugs and French and Swiss tapestries.
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
, overlooking the Whiteadder Water
Whiteadder Water
Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed...
near Berwick-on-Tweed.
Originally a property of the Home
Clan Home
The Homes are a Scottish family. They were a powerful force in medieval Lothian and the Borders. The chief of the name is David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home.-Origins of the clan:...
s of Wedderburn
Wedderburn Castle
Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th century country house. It is the historic family seat of the Home of Wedderburn family, cadets of the Home family .-History:...
, from 1876 the castle was owned by Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth was a Scottish businessman and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1853 until 1880, when he was elevated to thepeerage as Baron Tweedmouth...
. His descendants owned it until it was purchased in 1916 by Sir William Burrell
William Burrell
Sir William Burrell was a Glaswegian shipping merchant and philanthropist. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1861. He was the third of nine children in a family, which ran a shipping business....
, a Glaswegian shipping merchant who lived there until his death in 1958. When Burrell bequeathed his art collection to the Glasgow Corporation in 1944, he agreed that his "Burrell Collection
Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated in Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city.-History:...
" would be displayed in the dining room, the drawing room and the hall of the castle. Since 1983, the collection, consisting of over 8,000 items, has been displayed in reconstructions of the Hutton Castle rooms in a brick building in Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park is a large country park located in Pollok, south Glasgow. Prior to the building of the M77 motorway it was the largest urban green space in Europe. In 2007 it was named the best park in Britain...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
.
The hall retains much of its original medieval stonework and stained glass. The dining room contains a large oak refectory table dated 1581 and a number of English chairs dating from 1650 to 1715. It also has numerous Persian rugs and French and Swiss tapestries.