Galashiels, Abbotsford Road, Abbotshill
Villa (19th Century)
Site Name Galashiels, Abbotsford Road, Abbotshill
Classification Villa (19th Century)
Canmore ID 168815
Site Number NT53SW 133
NGR NT 50206 34854
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/168815
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Galashiels
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Selkirkshire
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
Sbc Note
Built in 1874 by William Hay. Distinctly composed mansion with Romanesque, early Gothic and Jacobean details, baronial entrance tower and conservatory. Mainly 2-storey and attic; a symmetrical composition, with slim square entrance tower (NE angle) with corbelled parapet, cap house, and corbelled angle turret of 2 stages, fishscale conical slated cap and cast-iron ball finial. The conservatory is contemporary; apsidal ended plan with arched and panelled roof, glass gabled clesetory with cast iron cresting at apex. Surviving boarded garden doors with elaborate neo-medieval wrought-iron hinges.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
