Mellerstain House

Mellerstain House is a stately home around 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland.

[3] The architect William Adam initially designed the east and west wings for George Baillie (1664–1738) and his wife Lady Grisell (1665–1746), daughter of Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont.

Work ceased after the wings were completed, and it was another 45 years before George Baillie commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the main mansion house.

George was the second son of Charles, Lord Binning (1697–1732), heir to the 6th Earl of Haddington, and he inherited the Mellerstain estate when his aunt Grisell, Lady Murray, died in 1759.

[4] The house stands in 80 hectares of parkland, with an Italianate formal terraced garden at the rear, with a sweeping stretch of lawn descending to a lake.

Mellerstain House, viewed from the lawn to the south east.
Mellerstain Lake, with the house seen in the distance.