Gardens · Scottish Lowlands
Glenternie
Glenternie — a garden in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Glenternie is a garden of interest in scotland-central, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Glenternie House is a Scots-Baronial style mansion built between 1863 and 1868. It is situated near the town of Peebles, Scotland. It is a category B listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Glenternie was originally built for David Kidd Esq., of Leyton in Essex. He was a wholesale stationer in Fleet Street, and also owned the Inveresk Paper Mills. Kidd was the inventor of the modern gummed envelope. The designs and architecture were carried out by Brown & Wardrop and notably David Bryce. On the site of Glenternie, Kidd set about building himself a mansion house complete with a coach house and stables, a drive and lodge, led by fine wrought iron gates, and a park with specimen trees. The specification for the house dated 1868 shows every single detail of what was to be built, and was signed by Kidd and nine witnesses. The masons estimate was £3465. Kidd died in 1874 before the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.6163, -3.2541
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- EH45 9JN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Sources
- wikidata: Q17842729 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Glenternie House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Glenternie?
- Glenternie is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH45 9JN).
- What is Glenternie?
- Glenternie — a garden in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Glenternie?
- Drivers can use postcode EH45 9JN.
- How do I get to Glenternie?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH45 9JN. It sits within the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale parliamentary constituency.