Historic houses · Central Scotland
Kimmerghame House
In or near Duns.
Kimmerghame House — house in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Kimmerghame House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Designed by David Bryce. Built in the Scottish baronial architecture style. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.7554°, -2.2971°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of Duns by the Blackadder Water. It is the seat of the Swintons of Kimmerghame, a branch of the Lowland Clan Swinton. The house was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851. Kimmerghame is protected as a category B listed building and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Background
History
Kimmerghame was held by the Moreham family, before passing to the Polwarth family whose heiress married into the Sinclair family in the 14th century with the estate passing to the Home family in the 15th century. The estate was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. An inventory of the house and its furnishing survives from this period. Old Kimmerghame house and estate was purchased in 1770 by Captain Archibald Swinton of Manderston, who later sold it in 1803. However his son John Swinton acquired Kimmerghame in 1850 from his aunt Mary Campbell of Blythswood. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s. William Burn had produced designs…
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- Coordinates
- 55.7554, -2.2971
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD11 3LU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Official site
- www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6410175 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kimmerghame House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: KimmerghameHouseDuns.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kimmerghame House?
- Kimmerghame House is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode TD11 3LU).
- What is Kimmerghame House?
- Kimmerghame House — house in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
- How do I get to Kimmerghame House?
- Drivers can use postcode TD11 3LU.
- Is Kimmerghame House a listed building?
- Kimmerghame House is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Kimmerghame House a protected site?
- Yes — Kimmerghame House is part of the Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Kimmerghame House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TD11 3LU. It sits within the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk parliamentary constituency.