Monteviot House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Monteviot House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Monteviot House Policies
Canmore ID 57135
Site Number NT62SW 54
NGR NT 64891 24689
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57135
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Crailing
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT62SW 54 64891 247689
NT62SW 54.01 64769 24786 Coach house and stables block
NT62SW 54.02 64880 24675 Formal garden
NT62SW 54.03 64780 24620 Walled garden
NT62SW 54.04 64310 24970 Nursery or kitchen garden
See also:
NT62SE 152 66042 24095 Lodge
NT62SE 9 65299 24572 Dovecot
NMRS REFERENCE
Owner: The Marquess of Lothian.
Architect: W. Schomberg Scott, 1963: remodelling of old house.
Schomberg Scott album: 3 photographs of the saloon, 1 further photograph reproduced in 'Hawick News' (A.O. Barker).
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Work done at Monteviot Lodge. Receipt for £100.
GD 40/not indexed 1743
Alterations to Monteviot House. A letter from Sir Herbert Baker, architect. It had accompanied a sketch of the proposed alterations. Apparently the drawing showed 'the old low part and the billiard room removed'.
GD 40/17/255/page 24 1931
Alterations to Monteviot House. According to a letter from the Marquis of Lothian the alterations include a new staircase.
GD 40/17/381/page 296 1939
Delay with alterations to Monteviot House. Mr Phipps, architect is having difficulty carrying out the plans.
GD 40/17/398/page 43 1939
Letters concerning completion of alterations. Note of expenditure amounts to £12,628.2.7. Paul Phipps has continued as architect.
GD 40/17/398/pages 59, 63 1939
Completion of alterations to Monteviot House. Letters concerning the work. A note of the expenditure gives the total as £12,628.2.7.
Architect: Paul Phipps.
GD 40/17/398/pages 59, 63
Alterations to Monteviot House. Proposal to make the old chapel available for the hospital. It is suggested that the stained glass should be removed.
GD 40/17/398/page 89 1940
Alterations to Monteviot House. The house is to be adapted as a hospital and a flat kept for the owner. This involved changes and putting in of a temporary stair.
Letters between Paul Phipps, architect, and Lord Lothian.
GD 40/17/403/490-506 1939
Photographic Survey (4 March 1959)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in March 1959.
Modification (1961 - 1963)
Interior remodelled by Schomberg Scott, including the addition of The Great Hall.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
