Dilkusha Kothi

Dilkusha Kothi is a ruined early 19th-century palace located in the Dilkusha area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, within Dilkusha Garden near the Cantonment. Built around 1800 in English Baroque style by Major Gore Ouseley as a hunting lodge and country house for Nawab Saadat Ali Khan, it was later used by the British. Heavily damaged during the 1857 Siege of Lucknow, its roofless walls, arches and surrounding gardens remain as an Archaeological Survey of India protected heritage site.

Visitors can expect a roofless, partially ruined two-storey palace with exposed brick walls, arched openings, columns and remnants of English Baroque detailing set within a large maintained garden and parkland. The site is open-air with lawns, trees and pathways surrounding the ruins. Visitors can walk around the exterior and interior ruins, view the structure from ground level, take photographs and explore the gardens. There is no roof or furnished interior, and the experience is primarily sightseeing and heritage appreciation in a quiet, park-like setting.

Built around 1800 by Major Gore Ouseley, British Resident at Lucknow, as a country house in English Baroque style and later used as a hunting lodge for Nawab Saadat Ali Khan. It served as a British military position and was heavily shelled and ruined during the Siege of Lucknow in 1857. The remains are now a protected monument maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India, representing early 19th-century Indo-European architecture in Awadh.

Represents the fusion of European Baroque architecture with the Nawabi period of Lucknow and is an important example of colonial-era heritage in the city. The site is valued for its architectural style, garden setting and association with Lucknow's 19th-century history, and is a documented heritage attraction within the city's tourism circuit.