Dalkeith Policies, Montagu Bridge
Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Dalkeith Policies, Montagu Bridge
Classification Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dalkeith Estate; Dalkeith Park; Dalkeith Country Park; River North Esk
Canmore ID 53524
Site Number NT36NW 88
NGR NT 33363 68120
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53524
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Dalkeith
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect:
Robert Adam 1791
Wm Chambers after 1770 - not executed
NMRS Printroom
W Schomberg Scott Photograph Collection Acc 1997/39
the Montagu Bridge - 2 prints
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Drumlanrig Castle - Robert Adam - design for a bridge over the River Esk (framed watercolour).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (1998)
Nearby are the eighteenth-century (or possibly early nineteenth-century) classical laundry and laundry bridge. Montagu Bridge figure 23.D, spanning the North Esk, was designed by Robert Adam and constructed by his brother James in 1792. Three huge life-sized sculptures of stags were originally prominent features along the bridge parapet, but these were removed as they frightened the horses. The bridge was erected by the third duke lo celebrate the inheritance by his wife of the Montagu estates.
Information from ‘Historic Dalkeith: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1998).
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
The Montagu Bridge crosses the river North Esk on the main approach to Dalkeith House, with a 70 ft semicircular arch span designed by Robert and James Adam and built in ca.1793.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
