skip to main content
Menu
  • Blog
    • Art & design
    • Castles
    • Cycling
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh Festival
    • Food & drink
    • General
    • History
    • Music
    • Sport
    • Walking
    • Whisky
    • Wildlife
  • Castles
    • Glossary
    • Mottes
    • Stay in a castle
    • Castle blog posts
    • Alphabetical list of castles
    • Castles divided by county
    • Photos of castles
    • Castles we've visited
  • History
    • Castles
    • Ancient history
      • barrows
      • brochs
      • cairns
      • caves
      • chambered cairns
      • cists
      • crannogs
      • cursus monuments
      • forts
      • henges
      • rock art
      • sacred sites
      • souterrains
      • standing stones
      • stone circles
    • Pictish history
      • Pictish stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Pictish placenames
    • Clans
      • Surnames
      • Trace your ancestors
      • Tartan
    • Trace your ancestors
  • Culture
    • Music
      • Bands & musicians
      • Music links
    • Film
    • Television
    • Placenames
      • Pictish placenames
  • Eat
  • Drink
    • Scottish beer
    • Scottish gin
    • Scottish vodka
  • Stay
  • Travel guide
    • City guides
    • Car hire
    • Airports
  • Walking
    • Munros
    • West Highland Way
  • Photos
    • ancient sites
      • Dark Age sites
      • megalithic sites
      • other carved stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Roman sites
    • buildings
    • miscellaneous
    • places in Scotland
  • Offers
  • Home
  • history
  • castles

Lennoxlove House


Lennoxlove (then called Lethington) was bought by the Maitland family from the Giffords in the 14th century. Certainly the core of the south-west section of the house incorporates a 15th century tower which may itself have included portions of the Giffords’ 14th century castle.

The tower was once surrounded by a barmkin, but all that now remains of that is a 16th century gateway to the north of the tower.

In 1563 William Maitland of Lethington pressed for Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven, to become a member of Mary Queen of Scots’ Privy Council.

The L-shaped tower had a parapet added in the 16th century, and the cap house and attic floor were reconstructed in the 17th century.

Lennoxlove House

A new description of the shyres Lothian and Linlitquo
Hendrik Hondius, Amsterdam, 1630map image courtesy of NLS

Further additions and restorations were carried out in the early 19th and early 20th centuries.

stay in a castle
  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Alternative names for Lennoxlove House

Lennoxlove Castle; Lethington; Liddingtoun; Lythingtoun

Where is Lennoxlove House?

Lennoxlove House is in the parish of Haddington and the county of East Lothian.

Grid reference:NT 51507 72041

Lat / long:55.938911,-2.778077

  • advertisement
Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Lennoxlove House

OS map 351
Dunbar & North Berwick (Musselburgh & Haddington)
OS Explorer map 351


  • advertisement

Directions to Lennoxlove House

Enter a starting point

Weather at Lennoxlove House

5°C
max 6°C / min 3°C
20km/h WSW
1029mb
80%
64%
08:15 16:31

Broken clouds
Weather observed at Haddington at 18:42

References (websites)

Listed Building record
Canmore
Wikipedia
Historic Houses Association
Lennoxlove House
  • Ancestry advert

Castles near Lennoxlove House

Colstoun House

1.1km away

Haddington House (possible)

1.7km away

Haddington Castle (site of)

1.8km away

Blair's Castle (possible) (site of)

1.9km away

Kinloch House (possible)

1.9km away

Bothwell Castle (possible) (site of)

2.1km away

Letham House

2.5km away

Eaglescairnie

2.6km away

Samuelston (site of)

3.1km away
more castles....

Ancient sites near Lennoxlove House

The Chesters fort

3.3km away

Kae Heughs fort

4.2km away

Seaton Law fort

4.9km away

Hanging Craig fort

4.9km away

The Chesters fort

6.3km away

Yester fort

6.6km away

Traprain Law fort

7.1km away

Garvald souterrain

7.4km away

Pencraig Hill standing stone

8.2km away
more ancient sites....
  • advertisement

Pictish stones near Lennoxlove House

Abernethy No. 2 Class III symbol stone

25.6km away

Abernethy No. 4 Class III cross shaft

25.6km away

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

26.5km away

Court Cave Class I rock carving

30.3km away

Doo Cave Class I rock carving

30.3km away

Jonathan's Cave Class I rock carving

30.3km away

Sliding Cave Class I rock carving

30.3km away

Abercrombie 1 Class III cross slab

31.4km away

Abercrombie 2 Class III cross slab

31.4km away
more Pictish stones....

Pictish sites near Lennoxlove House

Haddington silver chain

1.5km away

Traprain Law silver chain

7.4km away

Whitlaw silver chain

24.2km away

Hoardweel silver chain

29.8km away

Norrie's Law hoard

36.8km away

Borland silver chain

52.0km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

54.2km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

87.1km away

Dunnicaer fort

118.5km away
more Pictish sites....
  • advertisement

Accommodation near Lennoxlove House

Colstoun House Hotel
hotelHaddington
1.1km away
Maitlandfield House Hotel
hotelHaddington
1.7km away
Letham House
hotelLennoxlove
2.5km away
Bell's Bothy Bunkhouse
hostelHaddington
4.4km away
Winton Cottage
self-catering cottagePencaitland
7.6km away
Wintonhill Farmhouse
self-catering cottagePencaitland
7.9km away
Ducks at Kilspindie House
hotel, restaurant, barAberlady
9.4km away
Seton Sands Holiday Park
holiday parkPort Seton
10.2km away
Fenton Tower
hotelNorth Berwick
10.4km away
Anchorage B&B
bed and breakfastPort Seton
11.7km away

Accommodation search

(leave blank to view all)
Accommodation type
bed and breakfasts
campsites
castles
holiday parks
hostels
hotels
self-catering apartments
self-catering cottages
self-catering lodges
spas
  • advertisement
more accommodation....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Lennoxlove House

Gosford Bothy Farm Shop
caféAberlady
9.2km away
Ducks at Kilspindie House
hotel, restaurant, barAberlady
9.4km away
Smeaton Nursery Gardens & Tearoom
caféEast Linton
10.3km away
Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa
hotel, restaurant, barNorth Berwick
13.6km away
Carberry Tower
hotel, bar, restaurantMusselburgh
15.3km away
Premier Inn Edinburgh A1 (Musselburgh)
hotel, restaurantEdinburgh
16.1km away
The Birdcage
restaurant, barMusselburgh
17.5km away
The County Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDalkeith
18.7km away
Dean Tavern
barNewtongrange
19.7km away
Premier Inn Edinburgh A1 (Newcraighall)
hotel, restaurantEdinburgh
19.8km away
more food.... / more drink....

Related pages

Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Dunbar harbour and castle
Dunbar harbour and castle
Published on the 14th of May 2010 at 2:00 pm. Updated on the 21st of June 2020 at 5:27 pm.

Leave a comment

back to the top of the page

Connect with us

Like us on Facebook

Receive our newsletter

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by Stravaig_Aboot

Quick links

Stay in a Scottish castle
Edinburgh Festival accommodation
Hotels in Scotland
Car hire in Scotland
Places to eat and drink in Scotland
Castles in Scotland
Trace your Scottish ancestors
Scottish clans
Standing stones in Scotland
The Picts
Pictish symbol stones
Pictish placenames
Scottish bands and musicians
Scottish films
Scottish TV shows
West Highland Way

About

Andy Sweet above Fast Castle

Stravaiging around Scotland is written, photographed and researched by Andy Sweet.
read more....

Cookies

To make this site work properly we use cookies to store information on your computer. Click here to read more.
© 2003 - 2023 Andy Sweet / Stravaiging around Scotland. Powered by WordPress. Hosted by Tsohost.