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Mellerstain tel: 01573 410225 Area: Scotland |
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| Visitor Information | www.mellerstain.com -- email: enquiries {at} mellerstain.com |
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Mellerstain |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Special Snowdrop Festival Opening |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Special guided tours outside normal visiting hours. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: July/August. October |
To
see: Roses and borders Autumn colours. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| House & Gardens, Adult £8.50, Child £4; Accompanied children under 5yrs. free Gardens only £5, Child £2.50. Under 5 years Free Snowdrop Days Adult £4, child £2, under 5yrs free. |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Limited access for the disabled. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Thatched Tea Cottage with its little parterre garden. Haddington's family dog graveyard, sitting in the cool secret places and arbours among the scented flowers. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Sir Reginald Blomfield |
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| The gardens at Mellerstain are situated to the south of the Main House and consist mainly of five acres of terraces with, on the top terrace, a fine herbaceous border running its length, with a series of yew trees on the south side. Steps lead down to the East and West over the "Crypto Porticus" to the middle terrace which has a formal parterre on either side of the main path and a herbaceous border on the north wall. The path then leads down curved steps around the fish pond to the lower terrace and borders and thence on to the lake. The gardens command a glorious view over the lake and over to the Cheviot Hills twenty miles away. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| The Hon. George Baillie commissioned William Adam to build Mellerstain in 1725. Adam also landscaped the immediate 3,500 acres in the style of 'Capability' Brown. The landscaping included a lake in the form of a Dutch Canal with broad walks around it and classical statues at intervals. Adam built the folly "Humundas Tower" in 1727, known as Hundy Mundy, in the middle distance to carry the eye through to the Cheviot Hills. Sir Reginald Blomfield was commissioned to build the Italianate terraces in 1909 and also to rusticate and enlarge the lake. The spoil was used in the terraces. The lower terraces extending down the hill to the lake were not undertaken in the event. | ||||||
| Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Crosskeys, Kelso Burts, Melrose Roxburgh Hotel, Heiton |
Restaurants: Mount Hooly, Jedburgh Chapters, Gattonside Hoebridge, Gattonside Burts, Melrose |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Old Thistle, Westruther |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Kelso - 6 miles Scott's View Thirlestane Castle Melrose Abbey Floors Castle |
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