What is recorded here
Oxenfoord Castle is a private country house in Midlothian where Robert Adam transformed a MacGill tower into a grand residence for Sir John Dalrymple in 1782. The estate later became the seat of the Earls of Stair, who added William Burn’s 1842 wing and filled the grounds with a pinetum. After serving as a school from 1931 to 1993, the building returned to the Dalrymple family for weddings and private gatherings.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oxenfoord Castle as Country House (18th Century), Tower House (16th 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, located in Midlothian, Scotland, was originally a 16th-century tower house that was later expanded into a country house in the 18th century. It is historically significant as a well-preserved example of Scottish domestic architecture and is associated with the influential Cockburn family.
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Places near here
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Oxenfoord Castle, ViaductRoad Bridge (18th Century), Viaduct (18th Century) · 80 yd
Cranstoun ChurchMilestone (19th Century) · 516 yd
Preston Hall, the Lion's GateGate Lodge (18th Century), Gateway (18th Century) · 575 yd
Oxenfoord Home FarmEnclosure (prehistoric)(possible) · 592 yd
Cranston CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1007 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1014 yd
Edgehead RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1322 yd
Windmill WoodForest · 1.1 mi
Spy Law WoodWood · 1.4 mi
The Great Yew of OrmistonHeritage attraction · 2.0 mi
Whitehill, Whitehill VillageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.2 mi
Crichton CastleCastle (medieval) · 2.8 mi