Abbotsford House
3.0/5 (1 ratings)-
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A Scots baronial house and garden, built by the novellist Sir Walter Scott c 1822. A series of protected garden enclosures behind the house draw upon Scots traditions. The River Tweed front of the house has military earthworks and a fine view. Loudon passed by in 1842, in bad health, and remarked that 'Sir Walter Scott's taste was antiquarian rather than artistic, and he has produced such a building and gardens as might have been expected from his peculiar partialities, and his facilities for obtaining fragments of antiquity'.
Address - Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, TD6 9BQ
Opening times - April to late December. Daily.
Website - Visit the Abbotsford House website
Opening times - April to late December. Daily.
Website - Visit the Abbotsford House website
Designers and Influences
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Reviews and Comments
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over 5 years ago
Scot said
The house is terrific and so is the setting. The Abbotsford garden is not quite as 'romantic' as I would like it to be.
(3.0/5)
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