Kelso, Maxwell Lane, Bellachroy
House (18th Century)
Site Name Kelso, Maxwell Lane, Bellachroy
Classification House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Maxwell Place
Canmore ID 231168
Site Number NT73SW 350
NGR NT 73076 33875
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/231168
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kelso
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Built in the late eighteenth century, Bellachroy is a broad-fronted, two-storeyed, south-facing house standing two storeys high. At the rear of the house two single-storeyed wings create a courtyard fronting onto Maxwell Lane.
Overlooking the gardens, the southern facade of this Classical house is faced with ashlar (dressed stone). There is a pediment over the advanced central bay, which has flanking pilaster strips (projecting columns of masonry). The rear of the house features a large bay window in the centre of the building. The single-storeyed wings are built of plain coursed rubble.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73SW 350 731 338
NT 731 338. A 10% evaluation was undertaken in May 2005 within the gardens of Bellachroy House (NT73SW 350). Four
trenches totalling 96m2 were opened. The evaluation uncovered only very limited 19th- and 20th-century features and artefacts, with no significant archaeological deposits encountered.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Edwin Thompson Chartered Surveyors.
L Dunbar 2005.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.