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In the 19th century it was described as 'a handsome Tudor edifice of 1840–41, successor to an older mansion, which was the boyish home, though not the birthplace, of the historian, and philosopher, David Hume (1711–76), and his occasional residence after his fame was won. It was the seat, too, of his
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