Dalkeith Palace
A frosty winter's day at the year's end.
Dalkeith Palace (c. 1702) on the site of an earlier castle and the seat of the Montagu Douglas Scott family. The Palace was the creation of Anna Scott, the 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch’s widow, who employed architect James Smith. Alterations by John Adam (1762) and James Playfair (1786).
"When the Duke of Monmouth died his widow, Anne, asked James Smith to use William of Orange's Palace in Holland as a model for Dalkeith Palace. James Smith completed this large Scottish Country House in 1701-11: it was deemed the grandest of Scottish Classical Houses."
Source: www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/dalkeith_castle.htm
Dalkeith Country Park:
www.dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk/outdoor-activities/walking-...
Buccleuch estates: www.buccleuch.com/
Dalkeith Palace
A frosty winter's day at the year's end.
Dalkeith Palace (c. 1702) on the site of an earlier castle and the seat of the Montagu Douglas Scott family. The Palace was the creation of Anna Scott, the 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch’s widow, who employed architect James Smith. Alterations by John Adam (1762) and James Playfair (1786).
"When the Duke of Monmouth died his widow, Anne, asked James Smith to use William of Orange's Palace in Holland as a model for Dalkeith Palace. James Smith completed this large Scottish Country House in 1701-11: it was deemed the grandest of Scottish Classical Houses."
Source: www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/dalkeith_castle.htm
Dalkeith Country Park:
www.dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk/outdoor-activities/walking-...
Buccleuch estates: www.buccleuch.com/