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Cessford

Country House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Cessford

Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 74321

Site Number NT72SW 18

NGR NT 7377 2344

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Eckford
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT72SW 18.00 7377 2344

For (predecessor) Cessford Castle (NT 7380 2384), see NT72SW 2.

NT72SW 18.01 NT 7378 2347 Walled Garden

NT72SW 18.02 NT 7381 2340 Cottages

NT72SW 18.03 NT 7381 2341 Glasshouse

NT72SW 18.04 NT 7337 2372 Cottages

NT72SW 18.05 NT 7349 2351 Steadings

Visible on Ordnance Survey large scale vertical air photographs (OS 68/008/023-4 and 077-8).

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Depicted on the 1st edition of the O.S. 6-inch map (Roxburghshire, 1862-3, sheet XVI). The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) mentions that Essex Mains is 'An uninhabited house on the farm of Cessford; it was originally a farm house with a farm attached, but at present forms part of Cessford Farm.'

Name Book. 1862-63

Information from RCAHMS (AR 23-MARCH 2000).

Architecture Notes

Depicted on the 1st edition of the O.S. 6-inch map (Roxburghshire, 1862-3, sheet XVI). The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) mentions Essex Mains. It states that this is 'An uninhabited house on the farm of Cessford; it was originally a farm house with a farm attached, but at present forms part of Cessford Farm.'

Name Book. 1862-63

Information from RCAHMS (AR 23-MARCH 2000).

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Sbc Note

Visibility: This is an upstanding building.

Information from Scottish Borders Council.

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