What is recorded here

Oxenfoord Castle Coach Houses stand as a 19th Century coach house in Midlothian, built to serve the grand estate rather than merely decorate the landscape. The exact location is known to the nearest metre, yet the interior remains closed to casual curiosity. Such precision suggests a place still valued, even when hidden from public view. The coaches may have gone, but the shape of their keeping remains.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cranston Riddel, Oxenfoord Castle Coach Houses as Coach House (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Oxenfoord Castle, including the Cranston Riddel Coach Houses, was built in the 19th century and is associated with the Riddell family, who held the estate for several centuries. The coach houses are remembered as part of the historic estate's architectural legacy and reflect the social and economic status of the family during the period.

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