Cockpen House
House (18th Century)
Site Name Cockpen House
Classification House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 53616
Site Number NT36SW 2
NGR NT 3254 6374
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53616
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cockpen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 2 3254 6374.
(NT 3254 6374) Site of Cockpen House (NR)
OS 6" map (1853)
The site of a mansion house, property of the Earl of Dalhousie. Nothing of it remains, but part of a sunken wall, and a pump house (noted on (M) 3) are said to have had some connection with it.
Name Book 1853
Cockpen House, home of the Laird of Cockpen in the well-known song, was purchased by the Earl of Dalhousie in 1785 and demolished soon after.
SDD List 1964
No remains of Cockpen House are visible; its site is denoted by a level piece of pasture overlooking the river. The wall mentioned in the ONB is some 32.0m long and acts as a retaining wall on the edge of the river bank. It does not seem to be of any great age, and may be an old garden wall.
Visited by OS (JLD) 7 September 1954
Previous field report confirmed.
Visited by OS (BS) 29 October 1975
