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Kelso, Edenside Road, Kerfield
House (19th Century)
Site Name Kelso, Edenside Road, Kerfield
Classification House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkfield
Canmore ID 95982
Site Number NT73SW 179
NGR NT 73063 34375
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/95982
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kelso
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Edenside Road was laid out in the early nineteenth century, when the better-off citizens began building new houses and villas away from the crowded centre of Kelso. Kerfield was probably built before the mid-1850s, but must be after 1823 as it is not depicted on John Wood's 'Plan of the Town of Kelso' of that date.
Kerfield is a two-storeyed, ashlar-built, Regency villa, facing south toward the River Tweed. The centrally-placed doorway is flanked by full-height curved bays with central windows. There is a low-pitched, piended or 'hipped' roof, set behind a corniced wall-head with blocking course (a feature which resembles a parapet on top of the wall-head).
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
