About Abbotsford — The Home of Sir Walter Scott
Heritage background, architectural provenance & visitor guide
The Fairytale Home of Sir Walter Scott
Standing majestically on the wooded banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, Abbotsford is the extraordinary Baronial mansion conceived and built by Sir Walter Scott—the author whose romantic historical novels shaped the world's vision of Scotland.
Tour Scott's magnificent study where Ivanhoe and the Waverley novels were penned, the 9,000-volume library, the historic armory featuring Rob Roy's broadsword, and stroll through the walled 'Witches' Corner' gardens and riverside woodland paths.
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