Wedderburn Castle
Wedderburn Castle near Duns in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, is a large eighteenth-century Palladian mansion designed by William Adam, the father of the more famous Robert Adam, and representing one of the finest examples of Scottish Palladian architecture outside Edinburgh. The castle was built for Patrick Home around 1771 and its imposing central block flanked by lower wings demonstrates the confident classical taste of the Scottish Enlightenment period. The castle is now divided into private apartments and is not generally open to the public. The Berwickshire landscape around Duns is typical of the prosperous and gently rolling agricultural character of the eastern Scottish Borders, and the town of Duns itself, with its associations with the medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus, provides the main local heritage interest.