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GARDENS OLD AND 



THE TERRACE BY THE RIVER. 



ituation of all the British Cistercian houses is similar they 

 lie among the woods by the streams. The architectural 

 character of Newbattle is mostly unknown, though, in recent 

 'irnes, the foundations have been largely excavated. 



The situation in the Midlothian vale is very beautiful 

 and the climate propitious to the things that grow. In tin 

 Statistical Account of Scot'and it is remarked that the air by 

 the river is exceedingly milJ, while at ihe Roman camp on 

 the neighbouring hill it is very keen. The Abbey of New- 

 battle flourished until the Dissolution, when its revenues were 

 returned at ,1,413 in money and divers payments in kind. 

 After the Dissolution it was held by Lord Mark Kerr, " the 

 richt vener- 

 able," wlio 

 was commen- 

 dator of the 

 Abbey, and 

 who con- 

 tinued 

 t hroughout 

 his life to 

 take a promi- 

 nent part in 

 ihe civil ard 

 ecclesiastical 

 affairs of 

 Scotland. A 

 fine head of 

 him, by Sir 

 Antonio More, 

 1551, hangs 

 at Newbatile 

 Abbey. He 

 was s uc- 

 ceedt-d by his 

 son Marie, 

 who, in 1587, 

 obtained from 

 James VI. a 

 patent erect- 

 ing the lands 



THE EAST FRONT. 



into a barony, and in 1606 was created Earl of Lothian. The 

 property has since remained in that family, from which the 

 Marquess of Lothian is descended. 



The existing structure dates from about a century ago, 

 but has since been enlarged considerably. The older portion 

 of the mansion, much overgrown with ivy, has notable 

 picturesqueness, and in the form of its windows and its 

 twisted gables and gablets it possesses a character that seems 

 to spring from the soil. It has been made more imposing by 

 the addition of modem castellated buildings, which are 

 commodious and attractive. Although outwardly the hou?e is 

 modern, it occupies a portion of the site of the ancient 



monastery, of 

 which the 

 foundations 

 are partly 

 hidden, and 

 the old work 

 is still visible 

 in parts, and 

 hereand there 

 antique 

 mould! ngs 

 peep out. 

 I he interior 

 is extremely 

 interesting. 

 The pictures 

 are of great 

 note. There 

 areportraitsof 

 Henry VIII., 

 Margaret 

 Tudor, and 

 Sir Thomas 

 More by 

 Holbein. The 

 works of 

 Albert Diirer 

 in h: n g I a n d 

 are few, but 



