Farmhouse (18th Century), House (20th Century)
Site Name Nether Blainslie, The Steading
Classification Farmhouse (18th Century), House (20th Century)
Canmore ID 361934
Site Number NT54SW 51
NGR NT 54602 43745
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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View from east showing entrance to The Steading, Nether Blainslie. Entrance to steading from east.
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Detail of window in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of garden at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door handle in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of Bedroom One on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing bathroom sauna on first-floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing bathroom sauna on first-floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing Skara Brae-inspired fireplace in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing sanding machine in workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of staircase leading from ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of bed canopy in first-floor bedroom in extension to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of coat hooks in ground-floor entrance lobby of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of 'hayloft' bedroom in ground-floor study of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing fireplace in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing fireplace, with lights on, in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of Bedroom One on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of first-floor bedroom in extension to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing window recess in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from east showing entrance to The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south-east showing stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from north-east showing workshop attached to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of entrance doors at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south-east showing stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south-west showing stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of roof to stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door handles to varnishing room in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door handle to varnishing room in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door, including weighted closure system, in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing raised bed above wardrobe and storage in Bedroom Two on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of bookcase in Bedroom Two on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Sample detail of notebook by Tim Stead at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Sample detail of notebook by Tim Stead at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing door of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing door of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing sample chairs in ground-floor study in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing sculpture beside staircase from ground floor in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of kitchen on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing chess board (first piece made by Tim Stead) in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of sculpture by Charles Poulson at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of corbel at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of garden at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of garden at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of sculpture on stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of entrance to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of garden at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing 'Brinsley wellhead' and door to garden from sun room in the house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of work in progress in varnishing room in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door handle to bathroom on first-floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Sample detail of notebook by Tim Stead at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Sample detail of notebook by Tim Stead at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing wooden bench in ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of first-floor bedroom in extension to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing door with stained glass in ground-floor entrance lobby of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south showing house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing window recess in Bedroom One on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of sculpture by Charles Poulson at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of stepped walls at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of sunroom on house from back garden at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of workroom door with retrieved garden implements at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of entrance to stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of wooden corbels on stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of door in Bedroom Two on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of desk in Bedroom One on first floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing bathroom on first-floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing bathroom on first-floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Sample detail of notebook by Tim Stead at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing sanding machine in workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing bookshelves on staircase leading from ground-floor extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view looking down staircase from first floor to ground floor of extension room in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of first-floor bedroom in extension to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of first-floor bedroom in extension to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing door designs in ground-floor entrance lobby of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of ground-floor study in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of ground-floor study in house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing clock in kitchen on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of drawer fronts in kitchen on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of cabinet in living room on ground floor of house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of showroom in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south-east showing sun room and house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from south-east showing sculpture by Charles Poulson at the workshop, The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Detail of sculpture by Charles Poulson at stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View of entrance door to house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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View from west showing stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view of showroom/store in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing 'Brinsley wellhead' and door to garden from sun room in the house at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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Interior view showing detail of weighted closure system in stables workshop at The Steading, Nether Blainslie.
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- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
Photographic Survey (21 March 2019)
The Steading was bought by the Stead family in the early 1980's as a home and workshops. Over the years the original farmhouse house was given a two storey extension and the former stable block became a working space and show room for Tim Stead, sculptor in wood and furniture maker. The workshop continues to make furniture and pieces, some inspired by original Stead ideas. The house has been described by the Tim Stead Trust as possibly his 'single most important work' with Stead continually working on the house until just prior to his death. Particularly interesting details include the kitchen where the drawer fronts and handles are fashioned from wood, the floor fashioned from off cut slivers of wood, four poster beds, including one with spiral inspired by a Scottish broch and the fire surround reminiscent of Skara Brae (Stead recreated a chamber at Skara Brae in wood for the 'Scotland Creates' exhibition, 1990).