{"id":1144,"date":"2013-02-05T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2024-02-20T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:02:50","slug":"floors-castle-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/floors-castle-in-scotland\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Floors Castle in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Situated in Kelso, Borders, Scotland, the home of Duke of Roxburghe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>see details on G+: <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111344947574217661132\/photos?hl=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111344947574217661132\/photos?hl=ro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AtN_4INdQb0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Floors Castle was never a castle as such, but a comfortable country house built in the 1720s. It was in the 19th century that all the battlements and turrets were added for the 6th Duke of Roxburghe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" data-attachment-id=\"1146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/floors-castle-in-scotland\/02\/floors-castle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"250,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Floors Castle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle.jpg\" alt=\"Floors Castle\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors-Castle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite its name it is a country house, rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for the 1st Duke, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house. In the 19th century it was embellished with turrets and battlements by William Playfair for the 6th Duke. Floors has the common 18th-century layout of a main block with two symmetrical service wings. Floors Castle lies on the River Tweed and overlooks the Cheviot Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floors Castle is now a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, the national listing of significant gardens in Scotland. (see the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floors_Castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wiki Page<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situated in Kelso, Borders, Scotland, the home of Duke of Roxburghe see details on G+: https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111344947574217661132\/photos?hl=ro Despite its name it is a country house, rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for the 1st Duke, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house. In the 19th century it was&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/floors-castle-in-scotland\/02\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Floors Castle in Scotland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[30,33,120,283,435,515,603,720,896,908,979,1234,1588,1743,2077,2116,13,2227,2233,2246],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom","tag-18th-century","tag-19th-century","tag-architect-william","tag-borders-scotland","tag-castle-in-scotland","tag-cheviot-hills","tag-country-house","tag-duke","tag-floors-castle","tag-fortress","tag-google","tag-landscapes","tag-photos","tag-river-tweed","tag-tower-house","tag-turrets-and-battlements","tag-united-kingdom","tag-william-adam","tag-william-playfair","tag-wings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/Floors_above.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IfKt-is","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":616,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/alnwick-castle-pics\/02\/","url_meta":{"origin":1144,"position":0},"title":"Alnwick Castle (pics)","author":"hrnicu","date":"February 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo: Royalty free for commercial reuse by Flikr and Wikimedia Ancient history of Alnwick Castle Dating from the 11th century, the timber motte castle at Alnwick was reconstructed of stone during the early part of the 12th century. 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