The Scottish Borders house based on a Mayfair design

Carolside is an estate situated by the Leader Water in the Scottish Borders, located one mile north of Earlston in the former county of Berwickshire. The house is a category B listed building and is set within a former deer park. It was based on a design for Chesterfield House in Mayfair, London, by the architect Isaac Ware.

The estate grounds cover 366 acres and feature a wide variety of trees, including oak and chestnuts that are over 200 years old. Also on the estate is Park Bridge, a late-18th-century balustraded arch bridge that links the policies of Carolside House and those of Leadervale on the other side of the Leader. The bridge has been compared with other structures designed by Alexander Stevens and William Elliot.

Inside the house, the drawing room contains a fireplace designed by Pietro Bossi, which was taken from Baronscourt in County Tyrone around 1948. The property also includes walled gardens that house a national collection of pre-1900 Gallica roses. These gardens are open to the public in July each year as part of Scotland's Gardens scheme.

Historic Environment Scotland is the heritage operator for the site. The house was built during the late 18th century, a period during which James Lauder of Carolside, Berwickshire, and Whitslaid, Selkirkshire, died in January 1799.

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