Newstead, Main Street, Townhead Farm
House (Period Unassigned), Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newstead, Main Street, Townhead Farm
Classification House (Period Unassigned), Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Back Road
Canmore ID 300364
Site Number NT53SE 238
NGR NT 56441 34213
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300364
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53SE 238 56441 34213
Two storey house situated on the S side of Main Street opposite Townhead Way. The house has two small openings in the N elevation and a further two small openings in the E gable. Slated roof with two chimney stacks. The main elevation faces S (to the garden), and has three dormer windows.
Immediately to the W is the remains of a walled orchard.
The house is depicted as roofed on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Roxburghshire, 1854, sheet viii), which also that at that date the plan of the house was L-shped. The orchard and garden is also shown N and S of a small burn.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, JM), 27 August 2009
