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The millet

The Hirsel is a manor house in Scotland . It is located near the village of Coldstream in the Scottish Borders Council Area on the right bank of Leet Water . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The entire property is on the Scottish Landscaping Register . The highest rating “outstanding” was given in five out of seven categories.

history

In 1611 Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home, acquired the property from John Ker . The ancestral seat of the Earls of Home was Hume Castle , which was razed by Oliver Cromwell's troops around 1650 . Presumably, the Earls built a country estate on The Hirsel before this event. The oldest remains of today's manor house date from the first half of the 17th century.

It is likely that Alexander Home, 7th Earl of Home, had the building expanded for the first time around 1706. His son William Home, 8th Earl of Home commissioned the Scottish architect William Adam with a comprehensive extension in 1739 . In 1750 the essential elements of the surrounding parks and gardens already existed. The Hirsel was rebuilt three times during the 19th century; In 1851 by William Burn , in 1858 by David Bryce, and between 1898 and 1905 by James Campbell Walker . In 1948 a golf course was set up on the property. Parts of the facilities have been open to the public since the 1950s. As the 14th Earl of Home, The Hirsel was the home of British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home , who later became Baron Home of the Hirsel . The Hirsel is still the seat of the Earls of Home today.

description

The Hirsel is about one kilometer northwest of Coldstream. The elongated mansion, built of gray stone, is Georgian in design. The revision in the Victorian style has meanwhile been largely eliminated. The oldest part of the mansion is at the southeast end. It is connected to today's main part by a long wing. A square tower rises on its southwest side.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on The Hirsel  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 39 ′ 36 ″  N , 2 ° 16 ′ 21.7 ″  W.