A small estate in the foothills of the Lammermuirs in Berwickshire, at the centre of which is a small country house in the . The house is set on a southern slope, overlooking rich farmland. When the estate was acquired by the present owner, it had rambling additions and a confused plan and was generally run down to the extent that the architecture was hard to appreciate.

Selective demolitions and rationalisation, particularly of the back parts of the house and the outbuildings, brought order back into the plan, with the creation of a new walled garden and ‘Guest Cottage’. However, the key which unlocked the circulation within the house itself was the creation of a new galleried oval library, top lit from an elliptical dome and lantern light. This was constructed by Charles Taylor, whose workmanship was of the highest standard.
 
The roofs were completely overhauled and the pitches re-covered with new Porthmadoc slates laid in diminishing courses in accordance with Scots slating practice. The external walls were lime plastered, lined out and limewashed in a strong copperas ochre colour.