Interior Of Abbotsford House With Music On History Visit To The Borders Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the interior of Abbotsford House by Galashiels near Melrose on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, born 15 August 1771, died 21 September 1832, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. As money continued to pour in from his writing, Scott began planning the addition of the library, a development that would lead to the house that can be seen today. An old farmhouse was demolished to make room for a large rectangular building housing an Entrance Hall, a new Study, a Library and a Drawing Room. A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the 16th century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th to early 18th century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could " withdraw " for more privacy. Scott had only enjoyed his residence for one year when in 1825, he met with that reverse of fortune which involved the estate in debt. In 1830, the library and museum were presented to him as a free gift by the creditors. The property was wholly disencumbered in 1847 by Robert Cadell, the publisher, who cancelled the bond upon it in exchange for the family's share in the copyright of Sir Walter's works. Scott's only son Walter did not live to enjoy the property, having died on his way from India in 1847. Among subsequent possessors were Scott's son in law, John Gibson Lockhart, J. R. Hope Scott, QC, and his daughter, Scott's great granddaughter, the Hon. Mrs Maxwell Scott. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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