1 66 The Edgars of Wedderlie. By Rev. J. H. Edgar. 



There are two small windows in north end of east attic, the 

 dressings of which are nicely moulded, probably some of the stones 

 of the older building may have been raised there as the other 

 windows are only splayed. 



The door jambs of a small out-building to the west are also 

 finely moulded ; possibly they may be some of the stones of the 

 old front door which must originally have been on the north, as 

 there is a fine old avenue extending away in that direction. The 

 copes of the three chimneys to the south are moulded. 



The house is built principally of whinstone with red sandstone 

 dressings in the older pai-ts and white in the newer, and all rough 

 cast. 



All the timber work, so far as can be seen, is of Scotch iir of 

 good quality. 



It may be worth mentioning that the large fireplaces in old 

 building at west end are very similar to one in Smailholm Tower. 



[Since Mr Murray made his survey, the date of the restoration 

 of the house, 1680, has been discovered on a stone at the top of 

 the wall on the north side, below the roof, and not far from the 

 shield over the door. The drawings of Wedderlie house have 

 been gratuitously communicated to the Club by Mr Murray ; 

 and the expense of engraving has been defrayed by the Rev. J. 

 H. Edgar, Temple Grove, East Sheen, Middlesex, as a memorial 

 of the ancient family, from a branch of which he traces his 

 descent. Mr Edgar also communicates the following notice of 

 the Edgars of Wedderlie.] 



The Edgars of Wedderlie. By the Rev. J. H. Edgar. 



The Edgars of Wedderlie, according to Nesbit, descend from 

 the old Earls of Dunbar and March. Their descent is detailed, 

 as far as can be, in Archer's " Edgar" down to Sir Patrick Edgar, 

 who is traced to Cospatrick, the second Earl of Dunbar, who died in 

 1147. Sir Patrick Edgar's name as Sir Patrick Edgar of Laynal 

 (i.e. Coldstream) appears in several charters about the middle of 

 the 13th century ; and though not the possessor of Wedderlie, 

 it is in his person that the first known touch, so to speak, between 

 Wedderlie and the Edgars takes place. In 1258 Sir Robert de 

 Polwarth was the owner of Wedderlie ; and his grant of 300 



