Oxenfoord Castle, Dalkeith, Scotland
Record Id: 2534
Site timeline
After 1779: Lord Dalrymple of Cousland, author of 'Essay on Landscape Gardening', lays out the grounds.
After 1931: A girls' school is established at Oxenfoord Castle.
People associated with this site
Architect: Robert Adam (born 03/07/1728 died 03/03/1792)
Architect: William Burn (born 20/12/1789 died 1870)
Builder: Mr Alexander Stevens (born 1739 died 1796)
Features
sundial
avenue
A 19th-century sequoia avenue interplanted recently with firs.
tree feature
Feature created: 1833 to 1899
Pinetum.
topiary
A castellated yew hedge around three sides of the 'Dutch Garden'.
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