Close to Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots, the building dates back to around 1500 and is named after Mary's four ladies-in-waiting.

Initially a dwelling house, the building has had several changes of use over the centuries - it was once a chemist's run by the Waldie family whose most famous member, David, helped establish the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in 1847.

The pub serves good-quality food and at least six real ales from breweries across Scotland and the UK, plus one real cider.