Abbotsford, Scottish Borders
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Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank of the River Tweed.
Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825.
It is a Category A Listed Building and the estate is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
Abbotsford by Henry Fox Talbot, 1844 Ground plan of Abbotsford.
The nucleus of the estate was a small farm of 100 acres （0.40 km2）, called Cartleyhole, nicknamed Clarty （i.e., muddy） Hole, and was bought by Scott on the lapse of his lease （1811） of the neighbouring house of Ashestiel.
Scott renamed it "Abbotsford" after a neighbouring ford used by the monks of Melrose Abbey.
Following a modest enlargement of the original farmhouse in 1811–12, massive expansions took place in 1816–19 and 1822–24.
In this mansion Scott gathered a large library, a collection of ancient furniture, arms and armour, and other relics and curiosities especially connected with Scottish history,
notably the Celtic Torrs Pony-cap and Horns and the Woodwrae Stone, all now in the Museum of Scotland.
Scott described the resulting building as "a sort of romance in Architecture" and "a kind of Conundrum Castle to be sure".
The last and principal acquisition was that of Toftfield （afterwards named Huntlyburn）, purchased in 1817.
The new house was then begun and completed in 1824.
The general ground-plan is a parallelogram, with irregular outlines, one side overlooking the Tweed; and th...