When you visit Thirlestane today it’s hard to imagine
that the castle’s beautiful rooms were once home to school children evacuated from
Edinburgh. During the war Lord and Lady Lauderdale lived in the north wing of
the castle, while the school largely used the central section of the castle
that visitors can tour today.
The
rooms on the ground floor such as the library and Paneled room were used as
classrooms. While on the first floor the large drawing room was used to store furunite
from other rooms in the castle. With centuries of Maitland’s looking down on
them the school used the dining room as their dining room/ assembly hall. This
was also were the would put on plays. The upper two floors of the castle the
school used as dormitories. The staff were put were ever there was room. The
school used the kitchen that visitor’s today. They had to instill a large Esse
Cooker. In the basement the old servant’s hall (present Tea room) was the kindergarten.
I know that this does not cover all the rooms in the
castle and how they were used, but it gives you a good picture of how the
school used many of the rooms on view to the public today.
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