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hundred yards W. [West] of the village I next visited
and found that it did not conform to the
descriptions in the Berwickshire Nat. Procd. [Naturalists Proceedings]. It is an L shaped
building, 35 ft. [feet] in length along the (?) W. [West] side, 34 ft. [feet] on the
north, the breadth of the main building being 23 ft. [feet]
and of the extension 15’.6”. The length of the main
block to the junction of the wing on the E [East] side 19 ft. [feet]
and the length of the projection 11 ft. [feet]. The thickness
of the walls of the main block is 4’.8” and of the
wing 3’.5”. There are labelled angle turrets at the corners
of the main building and at the S. [South] corner of the
wing all of which appear to be contemporaneous
with the rest of the building. The doorway is
in the S. [South] side of the wing adjoining the main block
it is 11 ft. [feet] high and 3’.6” in breadth and has a
fine iron yett in position with its original bolt
attached. Over the doorway the lintel bears
two shields, between the letters J.S. and J.E.
the first charged quarterly 1 and 4, 3 crescents
with a bordure flory counter flory, 2 and 3 three
escutchions, the second bears three crescents two
and one. In the centre between the shields is the
date 1581. The heraldic carvings are somewhat weather
worn. Opposite the doorway a newelstair
leads to the top of the tower carried up in
an angle to turret which commences above the height
of the door. To the left of the door is the entrance

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