Dilkusha Kothi — "heart's delight" — is a Nawabi-era hunting lodge built around 1800 in a deliberate imitation of Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland. The architect, Major Gore Ouseley, used English Baroque proportions and a portico of giant Doric columns on a building that today stands as a romantic three-storey ruin in a quiet riverside park.
It was badly damaged during the 1857 siege — the British relief column used it as a forward base — and was never restored. The roof is gone, the floors have fallen through, and what remains is a hauntingly beautiful skeleton in landscaped grounds with mature trees. The park is open during daylight; the building is best at the late afternoon.