A stone's throw from Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots, the building dates back to around 1500. The pub is named after the Queen's four ladies-in-waiting. Initially a dwelling house, the building has had several changes of use over the years - at one time it was a chemist's run by the Waldie family whose most famous member, David, established the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in 1847. Scotland & Northern Ireland Pub of the Year Runner-up 2009; Forth Valley Pub of the Year 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2005 & 2009; Forth Valley Pub of the Year Runner-up 2010 & 2014; Forth Valley South Pub of the Year 2013, 2014 & 2018.