Roxburghe Estates Floors Castle

Just a short drive from floors castle the schloss roxburghe with its hotel championship golf course and a full range of sporting pursuits on the roxburghe estates offers a getaway destination little more than an hour s drive from both edinburgh and newcastle.

Roxburghe estates floors castle.

Have your say floors castle would like to hear from you. Our moors byrecleugh and rawburn offer some of the best and most consistent grouse shooting in scotland. The title is derived from the royal burgh of roxburgh in the scottish borders that in 1460 the scots captured and destroyed. Residential property to let in the scottish borders.

Floors castle gardens kelso scottish borders. Floors castle the largest inhabited castle in scotland and family home of the 11th duke of roxburghe. Roxburghe estate a diverse estate extending to 54 000 acres and lying within a 20 mile radius of kelso in the breath taking scottish. He is survived by virginia the duchess of roxburghe five children and five grandchildren.

The estate also offers some spectacular pheasant shooting in the park at floors castle including our signature drives over the river tweed. Roxburghe estates kelso roxburghshire td5 7sf scotland. Floors stud was started in 1947 by the 9th duke of roxburghe the present duke s father and continues to be the passion of the present duke who runs it as a commercial operation selling the yearling colts and keeping one or two fillies to race. T 01573 223 333 f 01573 226 056 e.

Image caption floors castle is the ancestral home of the duke of roxburghe. The family of the 10th duke of roxburghe are sad to announce that the duke has today died following a lengthy battle with cancer. The duke of roxburghe ˈ r ɒ k s b ər ə is a title in the peerage of scotland created in 1707 along with the titles marquess of bowmont and cessford earl of kelso and viscount broxmouth. Welcome to floors castle gardens.

Floors castle the estate property to let. The duke was also a successful racehorse breeder. His stud at floors produced attraction the first horse to win the. Built for the 1st duke of roxburghe in 1721 what you see is an evolving story of a house and gardens with impressions left by succeeding generations.

John ker 5th earl of roxburghe became the first holder of these titles. Roxburghe estates is one of the finest sporting estates in scotland.