Overview
Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole gate lodge in Midlothian. The supporting saved type component is Gate Lodge (period Unassigned). The source leaves its period unassigned. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Why it was built
The official record identifies Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge with the exact type wording Gate Lodge (period Unassigned). The source leaves its period unassigned. The saved words support a dwelling account but do not safely name its builder or first owner.
People and work
The exact type records a place made for people to live in. The saved row does not safely identify particular residents, servants, tenants or work carried out inside Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge.
How it changed
The record supplies the exact name, type and mapped point for Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge, but it does not establish a sequence of rebuilding, extension or change. No such stages are invented here.
What survives
Historic Environment Scotland keeps a distinct place record for Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge. This saved information does not say which walls, rooms, fittings or other parts still survive.
Why it mattered
Oxenfoord Castle, South Lodge matters as a named gate lodge tied to a precise place in Midlothian. Alongside other homes, it helps show the pattern and kinds of Scottish dwelling recorded there without borrowing unsupported family stories.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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