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    Midlothian, Scotland). St. Mungo's Church, Penicuik (1771) The Clerk mausoleum and old kirk, Penicuik Park End, Penicuik by Frederick Thomas Pilkington Picturesque...
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  • number of the lineage are buried in Penicuik Old Parish Churchyard, with both a memorial gateway and a mausoleum to their memories. Sir John Clerk, 1st...
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    buried in the local churchyard, close to his parents' mausoleum in St. Mungo's Churchyard in Penicuik. His wife lies with him. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's...
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    castle SM1208 St Kentigern's Church and the Clerk Mausoleum Penicuik Ruined 17th-century church and mausoleum SM2145 Newbyres Castle Borthwick Ruined 16th-century...
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    dovecote built, as an exact replica of the temple, on his stable block at Penicuik House. The dovecote still exists. The first record is in the 9th century...
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  • This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Penicuik in Midlothian, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:...
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    David I in 1128, and became firmly established as a prosperous royal mausoleum for the Scottish Crown. A total of eighteen royals, including seven Kings...
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    "Too small to live in, and too big to hang to a watch". John Clerk of Penicuik described it as "Rather curious than convenient", whilst Horace Walpole...
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    Edinburgh, demolished 1830 Monument to French Prisoners, Valleyfield Mills, Penicuik 1830 Arthur Lodge (attributed), Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh 1830 Blackwood's...
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    24 February 1798 and is buried with his wife, Rosemary Dacre Appleby in Penicuik churchyard. They had no children and the baronetcy passed to his nephew...
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    as architect to the Board. He complained in a letter to John Clerk of Penicuik that he had been "disgracefully turned out of His Majesty's service in...
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    "Too small to live in, and too big to hang to a watch". John Clerk of Penicuik described it as "Rather curious than convenient", while Horace Walpole...
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    parkland. The Clerk mausoleum and old Kirk, Penicuik DarnleyMausoleum, Cobham Park 1783 The monument to a racehorse Farley Mount 1734 Mausoleum, Gosford Estate...
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    patrons such as John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, and Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, who, besides being his clients, attempted to secure government positions...
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    towards a more continental, leisure-oriented architecture. Sir John Clerk of Penicuik named Bruce as "the chief introducer of architecture in this country",...
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    including the 1720s Chiswick House, in West London. The Palladian mansion Penicuik House, built by Sir James Clerk, included a stable block with a domed dovecote...
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  • Melrose Mertoun Minto Mordington Morebattle Nenthorn Newlands Oxnam Peebles Penicuik Polwarth Roberton Roxburgh Selkirk Skirling Smailholm Southdean Sprouston...
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  • Melrose Mertoun Minto Mordington Morebattle Nenthorn Newlands Oxnam Peebles Penicuik Polwarth Roberton Roxburgh Selkirk Skirling Smailholm Southdean Sprouston...
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  • Melrose Mertoun Minto Mordington Morebattle Nenthorn Newlands Oxnam Peebles Penicuik Polwarth Roberton Roxburgh Selkirk Skirling Smailholm Southdean Sprouston...
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  • Melrose Mertoun Minto Mordington Morebattle Nenthorn Newlands Oxnam Peebles Penicuik Polwarth Roberton Roxburgh Selkirk Skirling Smailholm Southdean Sprouston...
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