The Castles of Scotland by Martin Coventry | Goblinshead | A comprehensive guide to 4,100 castles, towers, historic houses, stately homes and family lands
The Castles of Scotland by Martin Coventry | Goblinshead | A comprehensive guide to 4,100 castles, towers, historic houses, stately homes and family lands
The Castles of Scotland
The Castles of Scotland 

Bowhill

Bowhill House, a large and impressive old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland.

Bowhill House, a large old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland. Bowhill (© Martin Coventry)

Borders: About 3 miles west of Selkirk, on minor roads south of A708, south of Yarrow Water and north of Ettrick Water, at Bowhill.

 

Private   NT 426278   OS: 73   TD7 5ET

 

OPEN: House: open for guided tours only: Jul-Aug daily 11.30-15.00 (last tour); some days in Apr, May & wknds in Sep – check with house. Country estate open Apr-Jun, Wed-Mon, closed Tue; Jul-Aug, daily; Sep, Fri-Mon. Weddings and events.


Tel: 01750 22204   Web: www.bowhillhouse.co.uk  

Bowhill House, a large old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland. Bowhill (© Martin Coventry)
Bowhill House, a large old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland. Bowhill (© Martin Coventry)

Site of castle or old house, the place marked on Blaeu‘s map of Tweeddale. Set in many acres of landscaped and wooded grounds, Bowhill is an extensive rambling mansion, dating mainly from 1812, although part may be from 1708. The house was remodelled in 1831-2 by the architects William Burn and David Bryce. There are formal gardens at the front of the house.

Bowhill House, a large old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland. Bowhill House (© Martin Coventry)

The lands were held by the Scotts of Bowhill from the 16th century or earlier, and James Scott of Bowhill is on record in 1685, but were sold to the Murrays around 1690 and they built a house here.

Bowhill House, a large old mansion with a fine interior in lovely gardens and landscaped grounds, held by the Scott Dukes of Buccleuch and located near Selkirk in the Borders in southern Scotland. Bowhill: lake in grounds (© Martin Coventry)

In 1747, the property was sold to Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch, so that his son, Lord Charles Scott, could stand for parliament, and Bowhill remains with his descendants, along with BranxholmeDrumlanrig Castle and Bowhill.
  The ruins of Newark Castle lie in the extensive grounds.

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