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Walter Scott's home faces uncertain future Preservation of Abbotsford hangs on negotiations between trustees and National Trust for Scotland

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From: The Sunday Herald
Date: 20041226
Author:Alan Crawford and Maxwell MacLeod

STANDING amid mature trees on the banks of the Tweed, Abbotsford has inspired generations of visitors just as it fired the imagination of its original owner, Sir Walter Scott.

The Borders estate was both Scott's inspiration and his perdition; it was the "writing factory" that fuelled his novels yet it became a financial millstone around his neck. Having almost been sold once before, Abbotsford's future is again filled with uncertainty.

Earlier this year, Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott, Sir Walter's great- great-great-granddaughter, died, leaving the future of the estate in doubt.

Talks between the ...

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