National Trust for Scotland, Leith Hall Garden & Estate

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Castle or defences in Aberdeenshire

63 artworks

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The charm of Leith Hall, near Kennethmont in Aberdeenshire, is that it is an intimate family home – a laird’s house on a much more modest scale than grander properties like Crathes or Craigievar. Its importance is that it probably presents a truer picture of Scottish life of the period than any other. The fascination is that it belonged to just one family – the old line of Leith, later Leith-Hay. There were Leiths in Scotland 300 years before James Leith built the house in 1650. The interiors include a fine collection of family portraits, continental paintings and scenes from the family’s illustrious military history.

Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4NQ Scotland

leithhall@nts.org.uk

01464 831216

The Garden is open all year, daily 9am–sunset. The grounds are open all year, daily. The Hall is closed to the public due to planned building works.

http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Leith-Hall-Garden-Estate/

Artworks

  • John Leith of Leith Hall (c.1698–1736)
    John Leith of Leith Hall (c.1698–1736) British (English) School
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  • Children in a Landscape
    Children in a Landscape William Bird
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  • The Storming of San Sebastian
    The Storming of San Sebastian Denis Dighton (1792–1827)
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  • Playing at Draughts
    Playing at Draughts A. Wilkie (active c.1812)
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  • Fishing Boats in Rough Seas
    Fishing Boats in Rough Seas British (English) School
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  • Sir Andrew Leith-Hay, MP
    Sir Andrew Leith-Hay, MP George Hayter (1792–1871)
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  • Charles Edward Leith-Hay Clark (1858–1939)
    Charles Edward Leith-Hay Clark (1858–1939) Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914)
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  • 56 more

Artists

  • Self Portrait
    John MacLaren Barclay (1811–1886)
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Novelist and Poet
    James Howe (1780–1836)
  • Captain Joseph Morcom and Thomas Daniell
    John Opie (1761–1807)
  • The Death of Virginia
    Francesco de Mura (1696–1782)
  • George IV
    Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
  • Sir Charles Cockerell (1755–1837), Bt
    George Hayter (1792–1871)
  • Self Portrait
    Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)
  • Sir Stapleton Cotton, Lord Combermere, Commander-in-Chief, India (1825–1830)
    Anglo/Indian School
  • The Judgement of Paris
    Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
  • Virgin Mary
    unknown artist
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