Carolside is an estate by the

Leader Water Leader Water is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot. Course The feeder burn ...

, in the

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. It is located north of

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, in the former county of

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The house and estate

The late-18th-century house is a

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, and is set in a former deer park. It was based on a design for Chesterfield House, Mayfair, London by the architect

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. The drawing room contains a fireplace designed by Pietro Bossi, taken from Baronscourt,

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, around 1948. The walled gardens include a national collection of pre-1900

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s, and are open to the public in July each year, as part of the Scotland's Gardens scheme. The grounds of the site are in size with a wide variety of trees, some

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and

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s being over 200 years old. Also on the estate is Park Bridge, a balustraded arch bridge linking the policies of Carolside House and those of Leadervale on the other side of the Leader. The bridge dates to the late 18th century, and has been compared with other bridges designed by Alexander Stevens and William Elliot.

References

* {{cite journal , author=Forman, S , year=1955 , title=Carolside House , journal= Scottish Field , volume=103 , number=630 , pages=38–39 * ''Indexes to the Services of Heirs in Scotland'', Edinburgh 1863, gives a time of death for James Lauder of Carolside, Berwickshire, and Whitslaid, Selkirkshire, as January 1799. Category B listed buildings in the Scottish Borders Listed houses in Scotland Berwickshire

The house and estate

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