Without Lifting A Finger

      

Plane was two-ish. Perhaps as much as an hour to the airport, car return, coffee, some souvenirs. Anyway, I had a little time before we left, so I explored an as-yet-unexplored-part of the Barony grounds. Very nice. Paths, woods, animals. An old ice house. *                               

                                                                                                        

Black Barony , also known as Blackbarony , Barony Castle , and Darnhall, is a historic house at Eddleston in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The house is currently operated as a hotel, and is protected as a Category B listed building . [1] Nearby is the Great Polish Map of Scotland , a large relief model of Scotland. History The remains of a 16th-century tower house , built by the Murrays of Blackbarony , form the oldest part of the building. [2] Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Baronet, purchased the nearby estate of Cringletie in 1666. [3] Sir Archibald Murray, 3rd Baronet (died c. 1700) was a soldier and from 1689 served as " Sole Master of Work, Overseer, and Director-General of their Majesties' buildings " to King William II and Queen Mary II , filling the post which had been vacant since Sir William Bruce 's dismissal in 1678. [4] The house was extended in the 18th century, resulting in the present facade. In 1771 Black Barony passed to the Murrays...