Mauldslie Castle, part of the Mauldslie Estate, was located in
Dalserf,
South Lanarkshire
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, Scotland.
The nearby village of Rosebank was established before 1816 by the estate's workers.
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History
Developed around a mediaeval tower house dating to the 16th century, in 1792 a baronial mansion was built by Thomas, 5th Earl of Hyndford, to a design by Robert Adam.[
Haugh Hill, to the south, is home to a family burial ground.][ Thomas was the first to be interred there upon his death in 1810.][''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'', Bernard Burke (1866), p. 106][
Andrew, 6th Earl of Hyndford, and his nephew, Archibald Nisbet, Earl of Carfin, owned the estate after Thomas' death.][ They split the estate, with the lower part taken over by Archibald. Andrew, the last Earl of Hyndford, died in 1817 without issue. His upper part of the estate passed to Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther. The lower part later passed to Gordon of Harperfield, then William Dixon.][
William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands, bought the estate in 1850.][ A decade later, the mansion house was extended by David Bryce, who also designed the ]West Lodge
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Etymology
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.[Glorious Gardens: Mauldslie Castle]
– Community Action Lanarkshire When the mansion house was extended, Mauldslie Woods
Mauldslie Woods is an area of woodland close to the town of Carluke, South Lanarkshire. It is one of six woodlands which form the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve, the others being Cartland Craigs, Chatelherault, Cleghorn Glen, ...
and pleasure gardens were established to attract families and guests.[ The courtyard stable range still exists, but they, along with the lodges, are now in private hands.][''The Development of the Gardens and Designed Landscape at MAULDSLIE, CLYDE VALLEY'']
– Canmore The walled garden was later demolished.[
The West Lodge, Mauldslie Bridge (which spans the ]River Clyde
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) and the Marna South Lodge, in nearby Carluke
Carluke (; gd, Cathair MoLuaig) is a town that lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, northwest of Lanark and southeast of Wishaw.
Carluke is largely a commuting town, with a variety of small stores ...
, are all listed buildings.
James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands, who inherited the estate in 1906,[ hosted King George V and Mary of Teck at the mansion in July 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I.]["Historic Mauldslie Bridge saved for future generations"]
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120194804/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18044353.historic-mauldslie-bridge-saved-future-generations/ , date=20 November 2019 – '' The Herald'', 19 November 2019 He died without issue in 1929.[James Henry Cecil Hozier Newlands (2d Baron). The Right Honourable James Hozier, Second Baron Newlands to the Master & Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford: Deed of Trust of the Jowett Fellowships Fund. Harrison & Sons, Printers, 1907.] The lands were sold off in forty separate lots.[ The castle was demolished two years later.][
Mauldslie_West_Lodge_-_1861_-_geograph.org.uk_-_759910.jpg, West Lodge on Mauldslie Bridge
MauldslieBridge01.jpg, Mauldslie Bridge over the River Clyde
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References
External links
Mauldslie Castle
– Canmore Canmore may refer to:
* Canmore (database), a Scottish national online database of ancient monuments;
*Canmore, Alberta, a town in Canada;
*the House of Dunkeld, a royal house that ruled Scotland in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, including
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Castles in South Lanarkshire
Former castles in Scotland
Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century
1792 establishments in Scotland