Old photograph of the Ednam House Hotel, overlooking the River Tweed, in Kelso, Scotland. The builder of the house was James Dickson, a native of Kelso, who left his home town as a young man dogged by allegations of vandalising a well. Having made his fortune in North America, principally as naval agent in Havana during the British campaign in Cuba. Dickson returned to Kelso and commissioned architect James Nisbet to build a fine house for him. His house, originally named Havannah House, stands on the site of the Chatto Lodging House, whose residents include Bonnie Prince Charlie, who stayed there when his forces occupied Kelso in 1745. The doors in the house are made with hardwoods from Havana.
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