What is recorded here

Melville Castle, Garden Farmhouse is a late 18th Century farmhouse in Midlothian, Scotland. It is not a grand castle despite the name. The garden may have fed the household before it became a curiosity. A farmhouse called castle sounds like pride or mockery, perhaps both.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Melville Castle, Garden Farmhouse as Farmhouse (late 18th 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.

Melville Castle, Garden Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse associated with the historic Melville Castle estate, likely built by or for the Melville family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered as part of the broader estate that reflects the architectural and agricultural developments of the Scottish landed gentry during the late Georgian period.

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