Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561201
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561201
Most of the ancillary buildings attached to Mellerstain House were built in the mid-nineteenth century, but some are of eighteenth-century date. One such structure is the former stable block, now converted into cottages.
It is two-storeyed and rubble-built, with crow-stepped gables. A small wooden dovecot surmounts the roof.
A one-handed clock, dated 1735, has been placed in the gable wall. It was made by John Kirkwood and, until 1859 was located in the steeple of Lauder town hall.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
