What is recorded here

Oxenfoord Castle is a country house in Midlothian, Scotland, where a 16th-century tower house was rebuilt in 1782 by Robert Adam for Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet. The estate later passed to the Earls of Stair, who added a new wing through William Burn in 1842 and established a pinetum on the grounds. After serving as a school from 1931 to 1993, the castle returned to private Dalrymple use, becoming a venue for weddings and events while retaining its listed heritage and designed landscape.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oxenfoord Castle as Cropmark(s) (period Unknown), Formal Garden (18th Century)(possible), Linear Feature(s) (period Unassigned). 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 was built by the Crichton family in the 14th century and later held by the Scotts of Buccleuch. It is remembered as the site of a significant Jacobite siege in 1745–1746 during the War of Austrian Succession.

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