Monteviot House, Jedburgh

Name: Monteviot House
Address: Jedburgh, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Jedburgh

Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture

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Monteviot House is the early 18th century home of the Marquess of Lothian, the politician better known as Michael Ancram. It is located on the River Teviot near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. ()

Completed: 1740 (284 years ago)Coordinates: 55°30'53"N, 2°33'27"W

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Monteviot House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mary Queen of Scots House, Jedburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey, Jedburgh Town Hall.

2.5 miS
Museum
Mary Queen of Scots House, Jedburgh
64 min walk • Nestled in the picturesque town of Jedburgh in the United Kingdom, the Mary Queen of Scots House is a historical gem that beckons tourists with its rich past and captivating architecture. This 16th-century tower house, which now serves as a museum, is reputed to have...
2.6 miS
Historical place, Ruins, Architecture
Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh
68 min walk • Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, is situated in the town of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders 10 miles north of the border with England at Carter Bar.
5.6 miNW
Medieval ruins with informational boards
Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose
144 min walk • Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.
2.6 miS
City hall
Jedburgh Town Hall, Jedburgh
67 min walk • Jedburgh Public Hall known as Jedburgh Town Hall is a listed building in the centre of Jedburgh opposite the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey. It was opened in 1900 as the town's principal public building. An information centre is attached and it overlooks a large car park which is beside the A68.
5.6 miE
Forts and castles
Cessford Castle
142 min walk • Cessford Castle is a large ruined mid-15th century L-plan castle near the village of Cessford, midway Jedburgh and Kelso, in the historic county of Roxburghshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders.
2.6 miS
Library
Jedburgh Library, Jedburgh
66 min walk • Jedburgh Library is now housed in the second building built for Andrew Carnegie in Jedburgh at a cost of £1,700. It was one of the many libraries built by Carnegie.
2.6 miS
Bridge
Canongate Bridge, Jedburgh
66 min walk • The Canongate Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in the Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh. It was built as the town's main bridge over the Jed Water in the 16th century. Since 1971 it has been a category A listed building.
4.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Fatlips Castle
122 min walk • Fatlips Castle is a peel tower in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. Situated at the top of Minto Crags, above the River Teviot, it was built in the 16th century by the Turnbulls of Barnhills, notorious Border reivers, and owners of nearby Barnhills Tower and farm.
5.2 miNW
Bridge
Mertoun Bridge
132 min walk • The Mertoun Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders.
4.1 miNE
Bridge
Kalemouth Suspension Bridge
104 min walk • The Kalemouth Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge at Kalemouth in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the B6401. It crosses the River Teviot just above its confluence with the Kale Water, near Eckford.
1 miN
Memorial
Waterloo Monument, Jedburgh
27 min walk • The Waterloo Monument near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders is a 150-foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.