Hopetoun House is a Scottish stately home near South Queensferry in West Lothian, built between 1699 and 1752 for Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, beginning to a design by Sir William Bruce and later greatly expanded by William Adam, with the interiors completed by his sons Robert and John Adam. It holds a notable art collection including works by Gainsborough, Rubens and Rembrandt, and its south wing remains the residence of Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow. A Category A listed building, it has been stewarded since 1974 by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity that opens the house and its grounds to visitors. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountWest Lothian, United Kingdom 2 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Hopetoun House (Wikipedia)
Hopetoun House, Architecture section
The house was built 1699-1701 and designed by Sir William Bruce with Bruce's master mason Tobias Bauchop in charge of the construction and working drawings (aided by his apprentice Alexander Edward).
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Hopetoun House is a Scottish stately home near South Queensferry in West Lothian, built between 1699 and 1752 for Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, beginning to a design by Sir William Bruce and later greatly expanded by William Adam, with the interiors completed by his sons Robert and John Adam. It holds a notable art collection including works by Gainsborough, Rubens and Rembrandt, and its south wing remains the residence of Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow. A Category A listed building, it has been stewarded since 1974 by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity that opens the house and its grounds to visitors.
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completion_date/completed = 1699-1752
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Hopetoun House is a stately home near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to preserve the furniture, paintings, manuscripts, and other articles of historical interest associated with the house. In the interior are valuable portraits by T
View the Source2. Hopetoun House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: West Lothian, United KingdomQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: West Lothian, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q1627581, property P131/P17 (location): West Lothian, United Kingdom
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