Woodlands House

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Woodlands House is a villa in the Scottish town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders Council Area . In 1990 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. In addition, together with several outer buildings, it forms a category A monument ensemble.

history

The villa was built around 1855 in the historicizing Italianate style . In 1880 James Sanderson , who had bought the nearby Comelybank Mill that same year, bought Woodlands House. Four years later he commissioned the Edinburgh architect George Henderson to redesign and extend the villa. This neo-Elizabethan style work dominates the current appearance of the building. With the electrification of Sanderson's Mill, an underground cable was laid to Woodlands House, making it the first residential building with electric lighting in Galashiels. In 1979 the villa was first converted into a hotel, before being restored to the condition of a private residence in 2005.

description

Woodlands House is located off Windyknowe Road west of central Galashiels. The original villa was a two-story building with a single-story, L-shaped utility wing. In the course of the renovation work, Woodlands House was raised by another floor. In addition to the dominant Elizabethan style, the design also tudor gothic Items. These are particularly evident in the interior. The grand entrance hall is paneled with wood and has a paneled open fireplace and a four- arched arcade . While the salon is decorated with stucco ornaments , pilasters and a frieze , the dining room has elements of Neo-Rococo . Alabaster open fireplaces are installed in both rooms .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Woodlands House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 37 ′ 10.2 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 10.5"  W.