The Kirna
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The Kirna is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Scotland. It was designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington [1] in 1867 for George Ballantyne. The Ballantyne family had played a leading role in Scotland's textile industry for nearly two hundred years.
In 1903, a less ornate "boudoir" was added to the west gable. The Kirna shares many design elements with another F T Pilkington building called Craigend Park in Edinburgh, designed for William Christie, a tailor who is believed to have sourced much of his material from the Ballantynes' mills.
The Kirna retains most of its original design features including an idiosyncratic tower, a heavy oak staircase with grotesque finials and a long tunnel from the coal storage area located beside the main building to the basement area.
References
- Scottish Post Office Directories, County Directory of Scotland (1868): page 354
- Scotland Places: Walkerburn, The Kirna
- Historic Environment Scotland: Reference LB8323
- Canmore (National Record of The Historic Environment): Walkerburn, The Kirna
- British Listed Buildings: Walkerburn, The Kirna
- The Scotsman (published 23 March, 2017 by Kirsty McLuckie): A Borders gem with a dash of gothic romance
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