Archive for the tag 'Paxton House'
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Paxton – Garden Views
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2011
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Paxton – The Ice House
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2011
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Paxton House
This Palladian villa was built in 1758 by Patrick Home:
Before the union between Scotland and England in 1707 this was a hotly contested border area, and only fortified buildings survive from earlier times. Patrick’s grandfather and uncle took part in the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and earlier generations of the family had been [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2011
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First Glimpse…
… of Paxton House.
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2011