Boughton HouseNorthamptonshire. Boughton House is the Montagu family home. Bought by Sir Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice to Henry VIII, in 1528, Boughton has been in the same family to this day. Lady Elizabeth Montagu, the Boughton heiress, married Henry, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, bringing the house and estate into the Buccleuch family. Extensions to the house in the 1690's are based upon Louis XIV's Versailles. Tel: 01536 515731 www.boughtonhouse.org.uk |
Bowhill Selkirk. Home of the Scotts of Buccleuch, set in historic "Ettrick Forest", ten miles from Branxholm, with its 600 year tales of Border reiving. The present house dates from 1812 and was built to the designs of William Atkinson (1773-1839), William Burn (1789-1870) and David Bryce (1803-1876). Bowhill shares a significant part of the renowned Buccleuch collection of artworks with Drumlanrig and Boughton. Tel: 01750 22204 www.bowhill.org |
Dalkeith HouseMidlothian. A home of the Dukes of Buccleuch until 1913. Dalkeith House was built on to an earlier castle by the architect James Smith in 1710 at the behest of Anne Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of the ill-fated Duke of Monmouth. Its lovely park, with ancient oaks, lies between the Rivers North and South Esk just outside Edinburgh City boundaries. It has a fine Adam Bridge, St Mary's Chapel by William Brown, a remarkable Orangerie and 18th Century stables. Tel: 0131 6541666/0131 6635684 www.dalkeithcountryestate.com |
Drumlanrig CastleDumfriesshire. The Castle was built by William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, on to a much earlier Castle, between 1679 and 1691. In 1810, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited Drumlanrig through his grandmother, Lady Jane Douglas, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Queensberrry, who married Francis, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch, thereby uniting the families of Montagu, Douglas and Scott. Tel: 01848 331555 www.drumlanrig.co.uk |
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