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Sunlaws, an estate in Roxburgh parish, Roxburghshire, on the E side of the Teviot, 1¼ mile SSE of Roxburgh station. The mansion, a handsome Tudor edifice, with a lofty tower, was totally destroyed by fire on 16 Jan. 1885, the damage being estimated at £2500. Its owner, William Scott-Kerr,- Esq. (b. 1807; suc. 1831), holds 2662 acres in the shire, valued at £3154 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Administrative units: | Roxburgh ScoP Roxburghshire ScoCnty |
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