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Nisbet House, Mausoleum
Armorial Panel(S) (Post Medieval), Grave Slab (18th Century), Grave Slab(S) (17th Century), Mausoleum (Post Medieval)
Site Name Nisbet House, Mausoleum
Classification Armorial Panel(S) (Post Medieval), Grave Slab (18th Century), Grave Slab(S) (17th Century), Mausoleum (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Vault
Canmore ID 263104
Site Number NT75SE 10.05
NGR NT 79462 51245
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/263104
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Edrom
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
Nisbet House (name confirmed by the Caretaker, Nisbet House) is in poor condition although renovations are being carried out. There is no trace of the old castle although the ha-ha between the drive and the lawn may be the remaining evidence of the moat. The family of Carre succeeded the Nisbets (Information from the Caretaker, Nisbet House) and in the burial vault to the NW (at NT 7945 5123) there is a grave slab dated 1667 to John Carre of West Nisbet.
Visited by OS (CJP) 25 June 1956.
Field Visit (21 October 1908)
Grave-slabs at Nisbet House. In a burial vault to the north-west of Nisbet House are the several grave-slabs bearing heraldic devices noted below (Nos. 152 to 155).
152. A slab 6 feet 4 inches in length by 3 feet 4 inches across, commemorating John Carre of West Nisbet, brother-german to Sir Thomas Carre of Cavers, who died 15th November 1667, aged 70, and his wife Lady Jean Carre, eldest daughter of Sir James Carre of Crelinghall, apparent of Jedburgh, who died 30th April 1681, aged 45. It has on its surface a shield bearing impaled arms, viz. : Dexter, On a chevron three stars with a crescent in dexter chief; Sinister, On a chevron three stars.
153. A slab also measuring 6 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 4 inches, and broken, is to the memory of -- Carre, Lady Cavers, eldest daughter to Sir Andrew Carre of Cavers, wife to John Carre of Cavers, the only lawful son of John Carre of West Nisbet, who died 18th February 1702, aged 47, and five of her ten children, viz. Thomas, Andrew, Thomas, Christian, and Ann, who died before their mother and before the eighth year of their age. This slab has on its surface a shield bearing impaled arms, viz.: Dexter, On a chevron three stars within a bordure cheque; Sinister, the same.
154. In the centre of the east wall of the vault, in the interior, is a panel containing a shield bearing arms, viz.: On a chevron, three mullets within a bordure chequé; Crest, on a helmet with mantling and wreath, a stag's head; Motto, TOUT DROIT.
155. Leaning against the wall is another panel showing a shield bearing three boars' heads erased; above the shield the letter S., and on a scroll the motto PLWCKE; on the left of the panel, A D K; on the right, N S.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 21st October 1908.
