| Gattonside | |
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 Melrose to Gattonside Suspension Bridge | |
  Gattonside Location within the Scottish Borders | |
| Population | 381 (2001)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NT544350 |
| • Edinburgh | 30 mi (48 km) NW |
| • London | 303 mi (488 km) SE |
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| Council area | |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MELROSE |
| Postcode district | TD6 |
| Dialling code | 01896 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Gattonside is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Melrose, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I.[2]
Gattonside was the home of modernist architect Peter Womersley (1923–1993), whose self-designed house, The Rig (1956), is now a Category B listed building.[3]
The village is linked to Melrose, on the opposite side of the river, by the 19th-century Gattonside Suspension Bridge. Built in 1826, the bridge was repaired in 1992, and is protected as a Category B listed building.[4] The plantation owner, Robert Waugh of Harmony Hall was a shareholder who on his death in 1832 left his shares to the poor of Melrose.[5]
- ^ Local Development Plan Volume 2 (Report). Scottish Borders Council. 2016. pp. 328–330.
- ^ Groome, Francis H., ed. (1885). "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical". Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Gattonside, The Rigg (Category B Listed Building) (LB50861)". Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Chain Bridge (Category B Listed Building) (LB37744)". Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-11.