{"id":74070,"date":"2017-12-08T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kelso-roxburghshire-this-is-a-mighty-fine-town\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T17:08:05","slug":"lets-move-to-kelso-roxburghshire-this-is-a-mighty-fine-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kelso-roxburghshire-this-is-a-mighty-fine-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Kelso, Roxburghshire: this is a mighty fine town"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEvery street is an architectural delightWhat\u2019s going for it? I\u2019m a sucker for a bit of Romanesque architecture. Even the prospect of a half-ruined tower and a crumbled jamb is enough to drag me several score miles off my beaten track. I\u2019m easily distracted. And so I come to Kelso. Like those in its neighbouring border market towns, Kelso\u2019s abbey is a shadow of its 12th-century self, when it was the richest, mightiest monastery in the region. But even the fragments left behind still define the town, though the abbey has competition these days. This is a mighty fine town, a lovely little place squished where the rivers Tweed and Teviot say how d\u2019you do. Every street is an architectural delight. The town hall has grand columns leaping over the cobbles on the Square. And the town has not one but two stately homes in tow. If you think Mellerstain House is fancy-pantsy, have a gawp at vast Floors Castle, possibly the turrety-est stately home in the nation, and definitely not a castle. Those battlements couldn\u2019t withstand the big bad wolf, let alone marauding Northumbrians across the border.The case against Not cheap for hereabouts. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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