Following the filming of a South Korean documentary on heraldry at Broomhall House, Adam Bruce, Marchmont Herald of Arms explains why it still matters: Long before the invention of moveable print, and widespread literacy, families adopted symbols and colours to identify themselves. In Europe this became known as Heraldry. It is both an art and a science, with rules like …
Broomhall House, the Bruce family and their extraordinary connection to Scottish Motorsport
The Bruce family was delighted to have provided Broomhall House for McLaren Automotive to use as the HQ for their 2017 Scottish Tour. The family has been involved in motorsport in Scotland for over 60 years. The owner of Broomhall House, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin was directly involved in motor racing in Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s …
A Splash of Tartan
The Family of Bruce gather from around the world to take part in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The instructions from the organisers of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo were clear. The 2017 theme was to be “A Splash of Tartan” weaving Scotland’s military heritage into the country’s colourful past. Clans and families, lowland and highland, would be invited to …
HRH Prince of Wales (Duke of Rothesay) visits birthplace of Scotland’s industrial revolution
A visit to Charlestown in Fife on Friday 8th September at the invitation of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust brought Prince Charles (HRH the Duke of Rothesay) to one of Scotland’s oldest industrial settlements. Charlestown was founded as a model industrial complex in the 1750s by Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin on his estate at Broomhall. Over a period …
Christmas at Broomhall
Broomhall House has been hosting Christmases for generations of the family of Bruce – lineal descendants of King Robert the Bruce – but never before has its grand rooms been open for exclusive use. With our catering partner, Hickory Food, we have designed menus for a feast while you sit in the shadow of Kings and Queens and revel in …
The most luxurious, hand-built, all-terrain vehicle on Earth discovers Scotland’s most elegant 4×4 circuit
Historically luxury Barouche or Landau carriages have gracefully made their way through the parklands of Broomhall House and rolled around the 18th Century carriage driveway for their elegant occupants to be swept into one of Scotland’s grandest houses. Fast forward to today, some 300 years later, and so too has the world’s fastest luxury SUV, The Bentayga from Bentley and …
The Sport of Kings – Driven Shooting at Broomhall House and Estate
If you’re looking for an unrivalled opportunity to experience the best in Scottish Lowland driven shooting, wrapped in a piece of sensational Scottish history, then the elegant haven of Broomhall House and Estate, situated on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, has it all. With extensive quarrying for limestone in the 18th and 19th centuries a series of …
The day I met a founding member of The Royal & Ancient Golf Club
You can imagine my surprise when the opportunity arose. The joys of Facebook told a long-standing business contact of mine that I was back on Scottish soil. An unexpected phone call invited me to have a private tour of the remarkable Broomhall House which opened its doors for the first time in 300 years, for exclusive use in Spring 2017. …
What is it that captures people’s imagination at Broomhall House?
Over the past few months we’ve been extraordinarily fortunate to have been approached by multiple publications, photographers and journalists to use and feature our home in a variety of media outlets. All we can do is provide a canvas for them to manage and execute their photo shoots, interviews and stories; we are lucky, the house and grounds offer a juxtaposition …