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  • MARCHMONT WINS HISTORIC HOUSES/SOTHEBY’S RESTORATION AWARD

    These before and after pictures show the drawing room at Marchmont House in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders – winners of this years Historic Houses/Sotheby’s restoration award.
    In what is clearly a labour of love the house has been converted by owners Marchmont Farms Ltd.  from a nursing home into a sumptuous family home available for lettings and functions.  Fire doors and green emergency exit signs were thrown out and replaced with an art collection, Georgian mirrors and paintings appropriate to a Palladian house built around 1750.  The five year restoration of one of the finest interiors in Scotland set out to create a splendid but comfortable home with 21st century comforts and preserved historically significant features such as the magnificent plasterwork by Thomas Clayton.  Marchmont is located about 40 miles south from Edinburgh.

    The drawing room after restoration

    The drawing room before restoration.

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