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The house of Newton Don itself occupies a higher bluff above the watercourse from where long-ranging views extend southwards from the parks and woods and across the Tweed valley towards the more distant Cheviots.
The house of Newton Don itself occupies a higher bluff above the watercourse from where long-ranging views extend southwards from the parks and woods and across the Tweed valley towards the more distant Cheviots.
The main entrance to Newton Don is off the A6089, 2 miles North of Kelso. For visitors travelling from the North, you will take the second turning on the left after the village Nenthorn, where you will see a gate lodge.
The estate was originally owned by the Don family from 1645 but it was Alexander Don who commissioned Robert Smirke to design a newly designed house in the Neo Classical style. A well known architect from that time, Smirke is perhaps best known for his design of the British Museum in London and Eastnor Castle in in The Malvern Hills.
Built and completed between 1817-1818 by Sir Alexander Don; but possibly begun or planned by his father the previous owner of the estate. Stables block to the NW with a walled garden with nusery garden within further to the NW (See NT73NW 16.03 and 16.05).
Notes on Newton Don in possession of Hon. Mrs. Balfour. About Listed Buildings. Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Newton Don is included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland compiled and maintained by Historic Environment Scotland and is therefore assessed as having National Significance.
