Kimmerghame House with terrace and boundary walls, boar statues, garden seat, sundial, gates and gatepiers
Designated
9 October 1981
Reference no.
LB2133
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
Designated
30 June 2011
Reference no.
GDL00239
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.[1] Kimmerghame is protected as a category B listed building[2] and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[3]
^"Kimmerghame House, and lodge". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
^Historic Environment Scotland. "Kimmerghame House with Terrace and Boundary Walls, Boar Statues, Garden Seat, Sundial, Gates and Gatepiers (Category B Listed Building) (LB2133)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^Historic Environment Scotland. "KIMMERGHAME (GDL00239)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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