South Lodge - Broxmouth - Dunbar
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
South Lodge - Broxmouth - Dunbar
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The South Lodge dates from the 1740's or earlier. Of red rubble sandstone and ashlar dressings, it is a square-plan 2-storey building with a pyramidal roof, deep eaves, grey slates and leaded ball finial. The narrow sash and case windows have an 8-pane glazing pattern. The quadrant walls have pulvinated gate piers and ball finials.
The Duke of Roxburghe commissioned William Adam (1689-1748) to build Floors Castle and he is recorded working at Broxmouth sometime before 1743, being responsible for a series of cascades along the Brox Burn, a bridge and repairs to Broxmouth House.
This south lodge appears originally to have been a view house or banqueting house and has been attributed to William Adam.
It was built intentionally so as to overlook the site of the Battle of Dunbar (1650) and Doon Hill.
Cromwell and his troops were garrisoned at Broxmouth House when the Scottish army descended Doon Hill to be disastrously routed by Cromwell.
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April 14th, 2021
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