Thirlestane Castle Lauder, Endowment

Endowment to enable the newly-established trust - which NHMF was instrumental in helping to establish - to care for the house and its contents. Set in the Scottish Borders at Lauder, Thirlestane Castle has its origins in the 13th century. It was rebuilt as the Maitland family home in 1590 and greatly enhanced by the Duke of Lauderdale in the 1670s. In 1840, it was extended and refurbished with the addition of two new wings.