Kimmerghame House
| Kimmerghame House | |
| Berwickshire | |
|---|---|
 Kimmerghame House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT818508 |
| Location: | 55°45’2"N, 2°17’24"W |
| History | |
| Built 1851 | |
| By: | David Bryce |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Gen. Sir John Swinton |
Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in Berwickshire, located two and a half miles south-east of Duns, beside the Blackadder Water. It is the home of the Swintons of Kimmerghame.
The house was designed in the Scots Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851.[1] Kimmerghame today is protected as a Category B listed building.[2]
History
Kimmerghame was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. An inventory of the house and its furnishing survives from this period.[3] This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s. William Burn had produced designs for a new house in 1825, although nothing was done at the time.[2]
The present house is dated 1851, and was designed by David Bryce. It incorporates interior panelling from the earlier house.[2]
Kimmerghame was partially destroyed by fire in 1938, and subsequently only partly rebuilt.
The present occupant is Major-General Sir John Swinton KCVO OBE, former Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire,[4] and father of the actress Tilda Swinton.[5]
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References
- ↑ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: title=Kimmerghame House, and lodge
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kimmerghame House: Listed Building Report (Historic Scotland)
- ↑ Country Mansion – Records of the Court of the Lord Lyon] on Scotland's People
- ↑ 'Thieves startled by general's roar': The Herald, 9 April 1997
- ↑ "Maj.-Gen. Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame". The Peerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p26947.htm#i269461. Retrieved 2011-04-15.