A fact from Yester House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2011 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that composer Gian Carlo Menotti bought the Scottish 18th-century Yester House near Gifford because of the acoustics in the ballroom? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/February.

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Friday 22 May 2015. THE son and daughter-in-law of oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood are believed to have bought one of Scotland's most expensive properties.

According to reports, Gareth and Nicola Wood, a former Miss Scotland, have purchased Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian, one time labelled the country's most expensive house, for an undisclosed sum.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13214824.Son_of_oil_tycoon_buys__best_house_in_Scotland_/