Mar's Wark

Mar's Wark
East façade of Mar's Wark at the head of Broad Street
LocationSt John Street, Stirling, Scotland
Coordinates56°07′16″N 3°56′39″W / 56.1211°N 3.9441°W / 56.1211; -3.9441
Built1572
Built forJohn Erskine, Earl of Mar
Designated31 December 1921
Reference no.SM90289
Mar's Wark is located in Stirling
Mar's Wark
Location of Mar's Wark in Stirling council area

Mar's Wark is a ruined building in Stirling built 1570–1572 by John Erskine, Regent of Scotland and Earl of Mar, and now in the care of Historic Scotland. Mar intended the building for the principal residence of the Erskine family in Stirling, whose chief had become hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle where the princes of Scotland were schooled. Wark is a Scots language word for work, and here it means building. The house is also called "Mar's Lodging."