Broxmouth Park

Historical Profile

Broxmouth House was designed by James Nisbet of Kelso for the Duke of Roxburghe in about 1775. Viscount Broxmouth (created 1707) is one of the additional titles of the Dukes of Roxburghe. The site was acquired by the family in 1644 and was for many years a dower house for the Roxburghe’s and the 8th Duke was born there in 1876.

The house is near the historic site of the Battle of Dunbar which took place in September 1650 and was the last battle between England and Scotland. An earlier structure on the site, also known as Broxmouth House, was used by Cromwell as his battle headquarters and Cromwell’s Mount, a mound from where he commanded the battle, is in the gardens. It is said that Cromwell, watching Leslie’s army’s ill-judged descent from Doon Hill through his spyglass, exclaimed the ‘Lord hath delivered them into my hands’. 3,000 Scots fell that day, including Sir William Douglas, whose gravestone still stands in the grounds.

Next >