Hugh Massingberd

The country of Sir Walter

issue 04 March 2006

  • The Buildings of Scotland: The Borders

    Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar and Richard Fawcett

    Yale, pp. 841

Although the Scottish Borders contain some of the most picturesque and unspoilt scenery in the British Isles, with the country houses along the Tweed putting up a fair show to rival the ch

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