Oliver
House (18th Century)
Site Name Oliver
Classification House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 48565
Site Number NT02SE 47
NGR NT 097 249
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48565
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02SE 47 097 249.
The old house of Oliver stands about 50m NW of the present one. It has been much altered, not least by the removal of the upper storey, but originally it seems to have been a small symmetrically-planned lairds's house typical of its period. The lintel of the front door bears the date of erection, 1734, and the initials (I) T and M E, for James Tweedie of Oliver and his wife Margeret Ewart.
An heraldic panel, said to have been brought from the old house, is incorporated in the E front of the present house.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
