THE FAMOUS PEACOCK FIREPLACE
THE PEACOCK INN
Thomas Peacock was a vintner of newhaven who petitioned the Edinburgh Town Council in 1767 to grant him a feu of the links and the houses on them. His petition was successful and the peacock quickly proved to be a most popular resort and an asset to the village.
Many famous people patronised the peacock. Charles Reade while studing the life of the fisher-folk for his novel "christie johnstone" stayed here and was long remembered by a pane of glass in one of the windows, inscribed not only with his name but bearing also the autograph of sir Henry Irving, the famous actor. unfortunately, this unique memorial was broken during a storm. In the restaurant bar hangs a photograph of three famous scots poets, Hugh McDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith and Norman McCaig, taken at the inaugural meeting of the 200 Burns Club held in the peacock on the 20th january 1959.
THE RESTAURANT BAR
The newly refurbished conservatory
