Melville Castle

Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic castellated mansion situated less than a mile (>2 km) west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk.

An earlier tower house on the site was demolished when the present structure, designed in 1786–1791 by James Playfair for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, was built.

[1] The original tower house was owned by the Melville family, before passing to Sir John Ross in the 14th century.

It subsequently changed hands with the attached lands several times and was sold to David Rannie in 1705.

[1] In 2020, during the Coronavirus pandemic the hotel temporary closed and was later opened back up in 2021 having been leased out to the original collection.