Dalkeith House, Laundry Bridge
Road Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Dalkeith House, Laundry Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dalkeith Castle; Dalkeith Palace; Dalkeith Estate; Dalkeith Park; Dalkeith Country Park; River South Esk
Canmore ID 211818
Site Number NT36NW 7.03
NGR NT 33820 68251
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211818
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Dalkeith
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
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).
