N of Coldstream in the Scottish Borders. Originally built in the 1790s, Manderston was recreated between 1890 and 1905 in the 'Adam Revival' style by architect John Kinross for Sir James Millar, known as 'Lucky Jim' because of his success on the race-track. The outside is restrained, but the inside is replete with fine ceilings and detailed fittings.
Furniture is in the French style.
A particular feature is the remarkable silver balustrade on the main staircase, thought to be the only one in the world, which takes weeks to clean. Even 'below stairs' in the kitchens, pantry and such-like, every modern convenience was used, and no detail overlooked. Almost everything can be seen today exactly as it was when the house was completed. Even the dairy is luxuriously panelled in marble, with a vaulted ceiling, making it more like a chapel than its intended purpose. Manderston boasts perhaps the finest stables in the world, again commissioned by Millar in 1895.