Old Penicuik House - Penicuik Estate

About

Penicuik Estate has been owned and managed by the Clerk family since 1654, successive generations have taken turns to manage this unique place creating a remarkable legacy of landscape, architecture and pioneering rural enterprise. Once a hub of the Scottish Enlightenment, today the Penicuik Designed Landscape and its collection of Palladian architecture rank as some of the finest and most original in Scotland. Penicuik House Preservation Trust was established in 1985 by Sir John Clerk (10th Baronet) in response to the threat of Penicuik House being demolished. ‘Its role is to maintain and conserve ‘Old Penicuik House’ and other buildings within the Designed Landscape conveyed or leased to the Trustees. While it is currently working on maintaining Old Penicuik House, it is also raising funds for future projects.