Kimmerghame House
Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of Duns by the Blackadder Water. It is the seat of the Swintons of Kimmerghame, a branch of the Lowland Clan Swinton. The house was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851.[1] Kimmerghame is protected as a category B listed building[2] and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[3]
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General information | |
Architectural style | Baronial |
Location | Scottish Borders |
Current tenants | Swintons of Kimmerghame |
Design and construction | |
Architect | David Bryce |
Location of Kimmerghame House in Scottish Borders | |
Coordinates | 55°45′23″N 2°17′41″W |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Official name | Kimmerghame House with terrace and boundary walls, boar statues, garden seat, sundial, gates and gatepiers |
Designated | 9 October 1981 |
Reference no. | LB2133 |
Designated | 30 June 2011 |
Reference no. | GDL00239 |
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.[4] 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]
For most of the 19th century it was home to the Bonars of Kimmerghame.
Kimmerghame was partially destroyed by fire in 1938, and subsequently only partly rebuilt.[5] Until 2018, the laird was Major-General Sir John Swinton KCVO OBE, a former Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire,[6] and the father of the actress Tilda Swinton.[7]
Gallery
- Kimmerghame House before the fire of 1938
- Kimmerghame on Fire
- Kimmerghame Post Fire
See also
- Kimmerghame House is also the name of a boys' boarding house at Fettes College, Edinburgh.
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
References
- "Kimmerghame House, and lodge". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Kimmerghame House with Terrace and Boundary Walls, Boar Statues, Garden Seat, Sundial, Gates and Gatepiers (Category B Listed Building) (LB2133)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "KIMMERGHAME (GDL00239)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Country Mansion". Scotland's People. General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- Dictionary of Scottish Architects, though the Listed Building Report states "circa 1947".
- "Thieves startled by general's roar". The Herald. 9 April 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- "Maj.-Gen. Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- "Kimmerghame House". CANMORE. RCAHMS. Retrieved 15 April 2011.