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Penicuik House is the finest and most influential example of Palladian architecture in Scotland. It sits at the centre of
an important 18th century designed landscape, which together form an exceptional physical record of the artistic patronage
of the Clerk family, a family remarkable for its contribution to the cultural, intellectual, and scientific life of the Scottish
Enlightenment. The house and policies are located ten miles to the south of Edinburgh, on the south west side of the town
of Penicuik.
The house and immediate surroundings are in the ownership of the Penicuik House Preservation Trust. The Trust was established
in 1985 with the aim of securing the future of both, and has endeavoured since that time to secure sufficient funding to do
so. A recently completed Feasibility Study has identified a dynamic and exciting way forward for Penicuik and an achieveable
means of securing the future of the house.
See the document on the right for more information.
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