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Home › Find Places & People › Paxton House

Paxton House, Berwick upon Tweed, Scotland

Record Id: 2579

Site timeline

1776: Robert Robinson draws up an improvement plan for the policies, which is partially implemented.

1997: Paxton House wins the British Telecom Environmental Week Challenge for conservation work on the estate.

People associated with this site

Architect: James Adam (born 21/07/1732 died 20/10/1794)

Architect: Robert Adam (born 03/07/1728 died 03/03/1792)

Architect: Sir Robert Basil Reid (born 08/11/1774 died 20/03/1856)

Designer: Robert Robinson (born 1734 died 1794)

Features

river

River Tweed.

specimen tree

avenue

A mixed deciduous avenue along the entrance drive that was part of the original 18th-century design.

riverside walk

ornamental pond

Feature created: After 1945

A circular lily pond with three informal shrub beds in front of it.

Record created: 27/07/2007 Record last updated: 21/09/2011

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