Westruther

Westruther
The village of Westruther
Westruther Location within the Scottish Borders
OS grid reference	NT633500
Council area	Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area	Berwickshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GORDON
Postcode district	TD3
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
List of places UK Scotland 55°44′31″N2°35′04″W / 55.74194°N 2.58444°W / 55.74194; -2.58444

Westruther is a village on the B6465, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Lammermuir Hills, in the former Berwickshire. The largest town nearby is Gordon.

Places nearby include Duns, Greenlaw, the Lammermuir Hills, Longformacus and the Watch Water Reservoir.

The Auld Kirk at Westruther

The ruined kirk dates from 1649 and contains the tombs of the Spottiswoode family. A prominent member of the family was Alicia Ann Spottiswoode a.k.a. Lady John Scott of "Annie Laurie" fame. There is a stained glass window in her honour in the "new" kirk dating from 1834.

Very Rev William Wilson (1808-1888) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1866 was born and raised in the village.

Westruther was the name of the Spottiswoode family home, taken down between the First and Second World War. ^[1]

The Spottiswoode's Westruther House family home, long since demolished

See also

• List of places in the Scottish Borders

References

1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Spottiswoode, stable block, groom's house, dog kennel, "bear's den", glasshouse, sundial and rustic shelter in walled garden, icehouse, doocot and well, and boundary walls to former Spottiswoode House (LB19653)".

External links

• RCAHMS record for Westruther