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The Kings Room
The
Kings Room and dressing room next door formed the first floor of part
of the original 12th century castle.
In 1566 Mary Queen of Scots visited Sir John Stuart, who was 4th laird
of Traquair and captain of her bodyguard, with her husband Lord Darnley
and infant son James (later King James VI) whose wooden craddle you
can see at the end of the bed.
The state bed, which is 16th century, was brought from Terregles House
where it was used by Mary when she stayed there.
The Library
Created
between 1700 and 1740, the Library has a collection of about 3000 books
and has remained almost intact since it was first formed.
Portraits of philosophers and poets around the ceiling cornice are used
for cataloging the books, which are numbered and ordered below them.
Over the fireplace is a schoolroom scene, possibly after a painting
by Jan Steen and painted by a local artist.
Other Rooms
There
are other rooms to see, including a secret passage and Priest's Room
where, until the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, the resident chaplain
lived in hiding.
Downstairs in one of the "modern" wings (added to the house
in the late 1600's) is the Dining Room and another Drawing Room. Two
of the bed and breakfast guest suites are here too (the other is next
to the High Drawing Room).
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