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Edinburgh08 I am doing a study on the design of Bothwell Castle. I am looking for any information concerning a mansion built just to the east of the castle. I know that the mansion was demolished sometime around 1930 due to mining contamination of some kind. If you have any information please get back to me.
Thanks
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Paul Bothwell House was built by Archibald Douglas, the 1st earl of Forfar (1653 - 1712)
The house proved more comfortable than the old castle so that by 1700 the earls had
moved from the castle to the house.
Due to 100's of years of coal mining in the area, subsidence caused the house to become unsafe and it was demolished in the 1920's.
Regards Paul of Paul's castle. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/castles/
[This message has been edited by Paul (edited 06-01-2005).]
ipflo Hi,
It is very difficult to find information about Bothwell Mansion.
In addition to what Paul has said, I can say:
The demolition was in 1926.
On http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory4703.html we can find a very small description: Modern Bothwell Castle, to the E of its ruined predecessor, is a plain Queen Anne edifice, consisting of a centre and two wings;

In the end of the year there will be published a book about lost houses of Scotland. Probably/ hopefully this book will spent some pages on new Bothwell castle
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845130510/ref=br_lf_b_3/202-7689851-5459057

But if you can not wait for this book, you can look for the following books:
Visitation of Seats by J Burke (1853)
Visitation of Seats 2 by J Burke (1855)
Both these books contain some info about Bothwell Castle.
ipflo
Edinburgh08 Thanks for all the help. Your information is greatly appreciated.
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ipflo you are welcome
I have also a question:
If you find more information on new Bothwell Castle other than this, could you please post it here. I am also very interested in it and very curious how the house looked like