Floors Castle

Floors Castle
Floors Castle
General information
Type	Estate house
Location	Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Current tenants	Dukes of Roxburghe
	Location of Floors Castle in Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55°36′18″N 2°27′37″W / 55.6049083°N 2.4602324°W
Built	18th century
Listed Building – Category A
Designated	16 March 1971
Reference no.	LB10480
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
Designated	1 July 1987; Amended 20 June 2011
Reference no.	GDL00181

Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for Duke John, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house.^[1] In the 19th century it was embellished with turrets and battlements, designed by William Playfair, for The 6th Duke of Roxburghe. Floors has the common 18th-century layout of a main block with two symmetrical service wings. Floors Castle stands by the bank of the River Tweed and overlooks the Cheviot Hills to the south.

Floors Castle is now a category A listed building,^[1] and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, the national listing of significant gardens in Scotland.^[2] It is open to the public.

^ ^a ^b Historic Environment Scotland. "Floors Castle (Category A Listed Building) (LB10480)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Floors Castle (GDL00181)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[LBR-1] Historic Environment Scotland. "Floors Castle (Category A Listed Building) (LB10480)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[IGDLS-2] Historic Environment Scotland. "Floors Castle (GDL00181)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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