Springwood House

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Springwood House was a mansion near the Scottish town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders Council Area . The building itself has meanwhile been demolished. However, the former access gate and the Scott-Douglas mausoleum are still preserved . Both structures are listed separately in the Scottish Monument Lists as monuments of the highest monument category A. The former building also forms a category A monument ensemble with the nearby Kelso Bridge .

Springwood House

The mansion was located in the middle of a spacious estate near the right bank of the Teviot about a kilometer west of Kelso. The nucleus of Springwood House dates back to 1756. However, James Gillespie Graham's revision and significant expansion around 1820 was a defining factor. In the course of this work, both additional rooms and a winter garden were created. More outbuildings were added during the century. In the 20th century, Springwood House was demolished.

Springwood House was a three story mansion. The entrance area was imposing with a massive, column-supported gable. As previously implemented at Ednam House , the windows on the top floor, where the servants lived, were only about half the size of the rest of the building.

Access gate

The access gate is on the eastern edge of the former estate. It is on the line of sight of the nearby Kelso Bridge. The gate, built by James Gillespie Graham in connection with the expansion of Springwood House in 1822, has a classicistic design. It is a round arched portal with an ornamented keystone , Tuscan columns, triglyph frieze and cornices . The concluding privacy wall closes with natural stone pillars with pyramidal caps.

Scott-Douglas Mausoleum

Scott-Douglas Mausoleum

The mausoleum , northwest of Springwood House on the Teviotufer, probably dates from the same phase of construction as the gate and was also designed by James Gillespie Graham. The Bishop of Glasgow may have consecrated it in 1838 . Brown & Wardrop provided a draft in 1853 for a revision to add a portico . However, the draft was not implemented. After the building was vandalized, the entrance was closed in 1989. Three years later, the mausoleum was placed on the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. In 2011, his condition was classified as poor with low risk at the same time.

The façades of the classical mausoleum, designed in the style of a temple, are four or six axes wide. Doric pilasters structure the facades vertically. They have a surrounding triglyph frieze. The gable surfaces are designed as triangular gables with a stylized acroterion on the east side . Arched niches flank the architrave- closing entrance portal. The richly ornamented door has not been preserved. The interior is probably decorated with white and black marble and plaques from the Scott Douglas family.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Springwood House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ a b entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 38.5 "  N , 2 ° 27 ′ 4.5"  W.